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The Moon on Sunday, June 6, 1976: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 61.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 28°

Moon age

8.4days

Moon phase on June 6, 1976Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 6 June 1976369,661 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 6, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.3% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
369,661 km229,697 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (29°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 6, 1976 is on Saturday, June 12, 1976 at 04:15 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 29, 1976 at 01:47 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, June 5, 197612:20
Full Moon (after)Saturday, June 12, 197604:15

The Moon around June 6

More about this date

Sunday, June 6, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 29, 1976 to the new moon of June 27, 1976, a cycle of 29.54 days.