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The Moon on Sunday, August 8, 1976: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 27°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on August 8, 1976Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 8 August 1976382,458 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 8, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
382,458 km237,648 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (28°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 8, 1976 is on Monday, August 9, 1976 at 23:44 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 27, 1976 at 01:39 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 8

More about this date

Sunday, August 8, 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.