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The Moon on Friday, October 8, 1976: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 18°

Full Moon at

04:56UTC

Moon phase on October 8, 1976Full Moon

Friday 8 October 1976404,713 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 8, 1976, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 14.7 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
14.7 dMoon age
404,713 km251,477 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (19°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Hunter's Moon, 404,291 km from Earth. Micromoon

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 8, 1976 is on Friday, October 8, 1976 at 04:56 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 23, 1976 at 19:55 UTC, 15 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, September 30, 197611:12
Full Moon (this day)Friday, October 8, 197604:56
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, October 16, 197608:59

The Moon around October 8

More about this date

Friday, October 8, 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.