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The Moon on Saturday, January 10, 1976: Waxing Gibbous, 59% lit

Waxing · 59.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 29°

Moon age

8.9days

Moon phase on January 10, 1976Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 10 January 1976402,271 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 10, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 59.3% of its visible face lit, 8.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

59.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.9 dMoon age
402,271 km249,959 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (30°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 10, 1976 is on Saturday, January 17, 1976 at 04:47 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 1, 1976 at 14:40 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, January 9, 197612:40
Full Moon (after)Saturday, January 17, 197604:47

The Moon around January 10

More about this date

Saturday, January 10, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 1, 1976 to the new moon of January 31, 1976, a cycle of 29.65 days.