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The Moon on Thursday, December 30, 1976: Waxing Gibbous, 70% lit

Waxing · 70.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 02°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on December 30, 1976Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 30 December 1976404,630 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 30, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 70.2% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

70.2%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
404,630 km251,425 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (3°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 30, 1976 is on Wednesday, January 5, 1977 at 12:11 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 21, 1976 at 02:08 UTC, 9 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 30

More about this date

Thursday, December 30, 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.