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The Moon on Saturday, October 9, 1976: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 00°

Moon age

15.7days

Moon phase on October 9, 1976Waning Gibbous

Saturday 9 October 1976405,757 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 9, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 15.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
15.7 dMoon age
405,757 km252,126 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (0°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 9, 1976 is on Friday, October 8, 1976 at 04:56 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 23, 1976 at 05:10 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, October 8, 197604:56
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, October 16, 197608:59

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Saturday, October 9, 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.