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The Moon on Wednesday, February 11, 1976: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 79.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 27°

Moon age

11.2days

Moon phase on February 11, 1976Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 11 February 1976384,771 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 11, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.0% of its visible face lit, 11.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.2 dMoon age
384,771 km239,086 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (27°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 11, 1976 is on Sunday, February 15, 1976 at 16:43 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 31, 1976 at 06:20 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 11

More about this date

Wednesday, February 11, 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.