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The Moon on Friday, September 3, 1976: Waxing Gibbous, 75% lit

Waxing · 74.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 10°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on September 3, 1976Waxing Gibbous

Friday 3 September 1976380,636 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 3, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 74.9% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

74.9%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
380,636 km236,516 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (11°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 3, 1976 is on Wednesday, September 8, 1976 at 12:52 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 25, 1976 at 11:01 UTC, 9 days earlier.

The Moon around September 3

More about this date

Friday, September 3, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 25, 1976 to the new moon of September 23, 1976, a cycle of 29.37 days.