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The Moon on Sunday, October 3, 1976: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 80.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 17°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on October 3, 1976Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 3 October 1976391,321 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 3, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.0% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
391,321 km243,155 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 3, 1976 is on Friday, October 8, 1976 at 04:56 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 23, 1976 at 19:55 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, September 30, 197611:12
Full Moon (after)Friday, October 8, 197604:56

The Moon around October 3

More about this date

Sunday, October 3, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 23, 1976 to the new moon of October 23, 1976, a cycle of 29.39 days.