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The Moon on Monday, February 9, 1976: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 60.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 01°

Moon age

9.2days

Moon phase on February 9, 1976Waxing Gibbous

Monday 9 February 1976395,602 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 9, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 60.6% of its visible face lit, 9.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

60.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.2 dMoon age
395,602 km245,816 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (2°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 9, 1976 is on Sunday, February 15, 1976 at 16:43 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 31, 1976 at 06:20 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, February 8, 197610:05
Full Moon (after)Sunday, February 15, 197616:43

The Moon around February 9

More about this date

Monday, February 9, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 31, 1976 to the new moon of February 29, 1976, a cycle of 29.71 days.