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The Moon on Thursday, October 7, 1976: Waxing Gibbous, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 06°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on October 7, 1976Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 7 October 1976403,079 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 7, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
403,079 km250,462 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (7°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 7, 1976 is on Friday, October 8, 1976 at 04:56 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 23, 1976 at 19:55 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 7

More about this date

Thursday, October 7, 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.