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The Moon on Wednesday, December 29, 1976: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 61.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 20°

Moon age

8.4days

Moon phase on December 29, 1976Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 29 December 1976402,972 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 29, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.3% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
402,972 km250,395 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (21°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 29, 1976 is on Wednesday, January 5, 1977 at 12:11 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 21, 1976 at 02:08 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, December 28, 197607:48
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, January 5, 197712:11

The Moon around December 29

More about this date

Wednesday, December 29, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 21, 1976 to the new moon of January 19, 1977, a cycle of 29.50 days.