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The Moon on Thursday, March 11, 1976: Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit

Waxing · 73.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 18°

Moon age

10.5days

Moon phase on March 11, 1976Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 11 March 1976379,523 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 11, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 73.2% of its visible face lit, 10.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.5 dMoon age
379,523 km235,824 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (19°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 11, 1976 is on Tuesday, March 16, 1976 at 02:53 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 29, 1976 at 23:25 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 11

More about this date

Thursday, March 11, 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.