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The Moon on Friday, March 12, 1976: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 82.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

Moon age

11.5days

Moon phase on March 12, 1976Waxing Gibbous

Friday 12 March 1976373,252 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 12, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.3% of its visible face lit, 11.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.5 dMoon age
373,252 km231,928 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (2°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 1976 is on Tuesday, March 16, 1976 at 02:53 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 29, 1976 at 23:25 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Friday, March 12, 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.