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The Moon on Wednesday, December 1, 1976: Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit

Waxing · 77.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 12°

Moon age

9.9days

Moon phase on December 1, 1976Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 1 December 1976403,533 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 1, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.3% of its visible face lit, 9.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.9 dMoon age
403,533 km250,744 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (12°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 1, 1976 is on Monday, December 6, 1976 at 18:15 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 21, 1976 at 15:11 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, November 28, 197612:59
Full Moon (after)Monday, December 6, 197618:15

The Moon around December 1

More about this date

Wednesday, December 1, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 21, 1976 to the new moon of December 21, 1976, a cycle of 29.46 days.