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The Moon on Sunday, October 31, 1976: Waxing Gibbous, 66% lit

Waxing · 66.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°

Moon age

8.3days

Moon phase on October 31, 1976Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 31 October 1976392,704 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 31, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 66.1% of its visible face lit, 8.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

66.1%Illumination at noon UTC
8.3 dMoon age
392,704 km244,015 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (27°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 31, 1976 is on Saturday, November 6, 1976 at 23:15 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 23, 1976 at 05:10 UTC, 8 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 31

More about this date

Sunday, October 31, 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.