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The Moon on Friday, November 5, 1976: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 27°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on November 5, 1976Waxing Gibbous

Friday 5 November 1976405,914 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 5, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.1% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.1%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
405,914 km252,223 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (27°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 5, 1976 is on Saturday, November 6, 1976 at 23:15 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 23, 1976 at 05:10 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 5

More about this date

Friday, November 5, 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.