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The Moon on Monday, September 6, 1976: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 20°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on September 6, 1976Waxing Gibbous

Monday 6 September 1976391,084 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 6, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.7% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.7%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
391,084 km243,008 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (20°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 6, 1976 is on Wednesday, September 8, 1976 at 12:52 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 25, 1976 at 11:01 UTC, 12 days earlier.

The Moon around September 6

More about this date

Monday, September 6, 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.