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The Moon on Monday, October 4, 1976: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 87.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 29°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on October 4, 1976Waxing Gibbous

Monday 4 October 1976395,024 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 4, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.4% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
395,024 km245,456 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (30°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 4, 1976 is on Friday, October 8, 1976 at 04:56 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 23, 1976 at 19:55 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 4

More about this date

Monday, October 4, 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.