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The Moon on Saturday, February 14, 1976: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 08°

Moon age

14.2days

Moon phase on February 14, 1976Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 14 February 1976368,146 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 14, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.8% of its visible face lit, 14.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.2 dMoon age
368,146 km228,756 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (9°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 14, 1976 is on Sunday, February 15, 1976 at 16:43 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 31, 1976 at 06:20 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 14

More about this date

Saturday, February 14, 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.