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The Moon on Tuesday, November 2, 1976: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 83.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 21°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on November 2, 1976Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 2 November 1976400,418 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 2, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.1% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
400,418 km248,808 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (22°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 2, 1976 is on Saturday, November 6, 1976 at 23:15 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 23, 1976 at 05:10 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 2

More about this date

Tuesday, November 2, 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.