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The Moon on Friday, April 9, 1976: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 68.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°

Moon age

9.8days

Moon phase on April 9, 1976Waxing Gibbous

Friday 9 April 1976375,141 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 9, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 68.2% of its visible face lit, 9.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.2%Illumination at noon UTC
9.8 dMoon age
375,141 km233,102 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (11°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 9, 1976 is on Wednesday, April 14, 1976 at 11:49 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 30, 1976 at 17:08 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, April 7, 197619:02
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, April 14, 197611:49

The Moon around April 9

More about this date

Friday, April 9, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 30, 1976 to the new moon of April 29, 1976, a cycle of 29.72 days.