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The Moon on Thursday, January 15, 1976: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 02°

Moon age

13.9days

Moon phase on January 15, 1976Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 15 January 1976380,604 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 15, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.4% of its visible face lit, 13.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.9 dMoon age
380,604 km236,496 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (3°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 1976 is on Saturday, January 17, 1976 at 04:47 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 1, 1976 at 14:40 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Thursday, January 15, 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.