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The Moon on Wednesday, August 4, 1976: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 67.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 02°

Moon age

8.4days

Moon phase on August 4, 1976Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 4 August 1976372,130 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 4, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 67.7% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

67.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
372,130 km231,231 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (3°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 4, 1976 is on Monday, August 9, 1976 at 23:44 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 27, 1976 at 01:39 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, August 2, 197622:07
Full Moon (after)Monday, August 9, 197623:44

The Moon around August 4

More about this date

Wednesday, August 4, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 27, 1976 to the new moon of August 25, 1976, a cycle of 29.39 days.