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The Moon on Friday, February 13, 1976: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 93.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 24°

Moon age

13.2days

Moon phase on February 13, 1976Waxing Gibbous

Friday 13 February 1976373,118 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 13, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.4% of its visible face lit, 13.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.2 dMoon age
373,118 km231,845 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (24°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 13, 1976 is on Sunday, February 15, 1976 at 16:43 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 31, 1976 at 06:20 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 13

More about this date

Friday, February 13, 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.