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The Moon on Monday, December 6, 1976: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Full Moon at

18:15UTC

Moon phase on December 6, 1976Full Moon

Monday 6 December 1976403,240 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 6, 1976, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 14.9 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
14.9 dMoon age
403,240 km250,562 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Cold Moon, 402,751 km from Earth. Micromoon

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 6, 1976 is on Monday, December 6, 1976 at 18:15 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 21, 1976 at 02:08 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, November 28, 197612:59
Full Moon (this day)Monday, December 6, 197618:15
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, December 14, 197610:14

The Moon around December 6

More about this date

Monday, December 6, 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.