New moon dates 1976
- 1976: 13 × new moon — 1 January 1976, 31 January 1976, 1 March 1976, 30 March 1976, 29 April 1976, 29 May 1976, 27 June 1976, 27 July 1976, 25 August 1976, 23 September 1976, 23 October 1976, 21 November 1976, 21 December 1976.
New moon dates 1976
| Date | Time (UTC) | |
|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Jan | 14:39 | passed |
| Sat 31 Jan | 06:19 | passed |
| Mon 1 Mar | 23:24 | passed |
| Tue 30 Mar | 17:07 | passed |
| Thu 29 Apr | 10:19 | passed |
| Sat 29 May | 01:46 | passed |
| Sun 27 Jun | 14:49 | passed |
| Tue 27 Jul | 01:38 | passed |
| Wed 25 Aug | 11:00 | passed |
| Thu 23 Sep | 19:54 | passed |
| Sat 23 Oct | 05:09 | passed |
| Sun 21 Nov | 15:10 | passed |
| Tue 21 Dec | 02:07 | passed |
Questions people ask
What is a moon day?
A moon day counts the days since the last new moon: the first moon day starts at the new moon, the fifteenth around the full moon. The count on this page is the whole number of days since the last new moon plus one.
Is the moon waxing or waning?
Waxing means the lit part is growing (from new moon to full moon); waning means it is shrinking (from full moon to new moon). In the northern hemisphere a waxing moon is lit on the right.
How are the phase times calculated?
With the algorithms published by Jean Meeus in Astronomical Algorithms (1998), including the periodic terms, which give the phase instants to about one minute.