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The Moon on Wednesday, September 8, 1976: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 15°

Full Moon at

12:52UTC

Moon phase on September 8, 1976Full Moon

Wednesday 8 September 1976397,450 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 8, 1976, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 14.0 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
14.0 dMoon age
397,450 km246,964 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (16°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Harvest Moon (also called the Corn Moon), 397,558 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 8, 1976 is on Wednesday, September 8, 1976 at 12:52 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 25, 1976 at 11:01 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, September 1, 197603:35
Full Moon (this day)Wednesday, September 8, 197612:52
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, September 16, 197617:20

The Moon around September 8

More about this date

Wednesday, September 8, 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.