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The Moon on Thursday, July 8, 1976: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 06°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on July 8, 1976Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 8 July 1976369,211 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 8, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.3% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.3%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
369,211 km229,417 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (6°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 8, 1976 is on Sunday, July 11, 1976 at 13:09 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 27, 1976 at 14:50 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 8

More about this date

Thursday, July 8, 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.