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The Moon on Tuesday, January 13, 1976: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 84.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 06°

Moon age

11.9days

Moon phase on January 13, 1976Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 13 January 1976390,719 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 13, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.9% of its visible face lit, 11.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.9%Illumination at noon UTC
11.9 dMoon age
390,719 km242,781 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (7°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 13, 1976 is on Saturday, January 17, 1976 at 04:47 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 1, 1976 at 14:40 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 13

More about this date

Tuesday, January 13, 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.