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The Moon on Saturday, October 30, 1976: Waxing Gibbous, 56% lit

Waxing · 56.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 14°

Moon age

7.3days

Moon phase on October 30, 1976Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 30 October 1976387,680 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 30, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 56.2% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

56.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
387,680 km240,893 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (14°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 30, 1976 is on Saturday, November 6, 1976 at 23:15 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 23, 1976 at 05:10 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, October 29, 197622:05
Full Moon (after)Saturday, November 6, 197623:15

The Moon around October 30

More about this date

Saturday, October 30, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 23, 1976 to the new moon of November 21, 1976, a cycle of 29.42 days.