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The Moon on Friday, July 9, 1976: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 94.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°

Moon age

11.9days

Moon phase on July 9, 1976Waxing Gibbous

Friday 9 July 1976370,900 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 9, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.6% of its visible face lit, 11.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.9 dMoon age
370,900 km230,466 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (21°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 9, 1976 is on Sunday, July 11, 1976 at 13:09 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 27, 1976 at 14:50 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 9

More about this date

Friday, July 9, 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.