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The Moon on Wednesday, January 14, 1976: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 91.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 19°

Moon age

12.9days

Moon phase on January 14, 1976Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 14 January 1976385,654 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 14, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.5% of its visible face lit, 12.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.5%Illumination at noon UTC
12.9 dMoon age
385,654 km239,634 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (20°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 14, 1976 is on Saturday, January 17, 1976 at 04:47 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 1, 1976 at 14:40 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 14

More about this date

Wednesday, January 14, 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.