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The Moon on Sunday, October 10, 1976: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 95.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 12°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on October 10, 1976Waning Gibbous

Sunday 10 October 1976406,130 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 10, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.4% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.4%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
406,130 km252,358 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (12°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 10, 1976 is on Friday, October 8, 1976 at 04:56 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 23, 1976 at 05:10 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around October 10

More about this date

Sunday, October 10, 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.