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The Moon on Wednesday, March 10, 1976: Waxing Gibbous, 63% lit

Waxing · 63.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 05°

Moon age

9.5days

Moon phase on March 10, 1976Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 10 March 1976385,754 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 10, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 63.3% of its visible face lit, 9.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

63.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.5 dMoon age
385,754 km239,696 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (5°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 10, 1976 is on Tuesday, March 16, 1976 at 02:53 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 29, 1976 at 23:25 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, March 9, 197604:38
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, March 16, 197602:53

The Moon around March 10

More about this date

Wednesday, March 10, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 29, 1976 to the new moon of March 30, 1976, a cycle of 29.74 days.