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The Moon on Thursday, November 4, 1976: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 94.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 15°

Moon age

12.3days

Moon phase on November 4, 1976Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 4 November 1976404,837 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 4, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.7% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.7%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
404,837 km251,554 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (16°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 4, 1976 is on Saturday, November 6, 1976 at 23:15 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 23, 1976 at 05:10 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 4

More about this date

Thursday, November 4, 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.