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The Moon on Saturday, March 13, 1976: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 90.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 16°

Moon age

12.5days

Moon phase on March 13, 1976Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 13 March 1976367,446 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 13, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.1% of its visible face lit, 12.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.5 dMoon age
367,446 km228,320 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 13, 1976 is on Tuesday, March 16, 1976 at 02:53 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 29, 1976 at 23:25 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 13

More about this date

Saturday, March 13, 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.