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The Moon on Monday, January 12, 1976: Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit

Waxing · 77.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 24°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on January 12, 1976Waxing Gibbous

Monday 12 January 1976395,403 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 12, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.1% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
395,403 km245,692 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 1976 is on Saturday, January 17, 1976 at 04:47 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 1, 1976 at 14:40 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Monday, January 12, 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.