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The Moon on Monday, July 5, 1976: Waxing Gibbous, 59% lit

Waxing · 58.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 23°

Moon age

7.9days

Moon phase on July 5, 1976Waxing Gibbous

Monday 5 July 1976369,232 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 5, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 58.9% of its visible face lit, 7.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

58.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.9 dMoon age
369,232 km229,430 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (24°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 5, 1976 is on Sunday, July 11, 1976 at 13:09 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 27, 1976 at 14:50 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, July 4, 197617:29
Full Moon (after)Sunday, July 11, 197613:09

The Moon around July 5

More about this date

Monday, July 5, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 27, 1976 to the new moon of July 27, 1976, a cycle of 29.45 days.