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The Moon on Friday, August 6, 1976: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 86.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 00°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on August 6, 1976Waxing Gibbous

Friday 6 August 1976376,428 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 6, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.2% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
376,428 km233,901 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (1°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 6, 1976 is on Monday, August 9, 1976 at 23:44 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 27, 1976 at 01:39 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 6

More about this date

Friday, August 6, 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.