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The Moon on Sunday, January 11, 1976: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 68.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 11°

Moon age

9.9days

Moon phase on January 11, 1976Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 11 January 1976399,349 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 11, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 68.5% of its visible face lit, 9.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.5%Illumination at noon UTC
9.9 dMoon age
399,349 km248,144 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (12°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 11, 1976 is on Saturday, January 17, 1976 at 04:47 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 1, 1976 at 14:40 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 11

More about this date

Sunday, January 11, 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.