# Full Moon Calendar 1976

> There are 12 Full Moons and 13 New Moons in 1976. The first Full Moon is the Wolf Moon on January 17 in Cancer, and the last is the Cold Moon on December 6 in Gemini. There is no Blue Moon in 1976. The Harvest Moon is on September 8. Two Full Moons are also a lunar eclipse: May 13 (Partial Lunar Eclipse) and November 6 (Penumbral Lunar Eclipse). Dates are in UTC; Moon names follow the US Eastern calendar month.

Canonical page: https://www.selfgazer.com/sky/full-moons/1976

## Full Moons

| Date (UTC) | Name | Position | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1976-01-17 04:47 UTC | Wolf Moon | 26°12' Cancer |  |
| 1976-02-15 16:43 UTC | Snow Moon | 26°08' Leo |  |
| 1976-03-16 02:53 UTC | Worm Moon | 25°39' Virgo |  |
| 1976-04-14 11:49 UTC | Pink Moon | 24°39' Libra |  |
| 1976-05-13 20:04 UTC | Flower Moon | 23°10' Scorpio | Partial Lunar Eclipse |
| 1976-06-12 04:15 UTC | Strawberry Moon | 21°19' Sagittarius |  |
| 1976-07-11 13:09 UTC | Buck Moon | 19°20' Capricorn |  |
| 1976-08-09 23:44 UTC | Sturgeon Moon | 17°29' Aquarius |  |
| 1976-09-08 12:52 UTC | Harvest Moon | 15°59' Pisces |  |
| 1976-10-08 04:56 UTC | Hunter's Moon | 15°02' Aries |  |
| 1976-11-06 23:15 UTC | Beaver Moon | 14°40' Taurus | Penumbral Lunar Eclipse |
| 1976-12-06 18:15 UTC | Cold Moon | 14°46' Gemini |  |

## New Moons

| Date (UTC) | Position | Note |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1976-01-01 14:40 UTC | 10°19' Capricorn |  |
| 1976-01-31 06:20 UTC | 10°30' Aquarius |  |
| 1976-02-29 23:25 UTC | 10°31' Pisces |  |
| 1976-03-30 17:08 UTC | 10°07' Aries |  |
| 1976-04-29 10:20 UTC | 9°13' Taurus | Annular Solar Eclipse |
| 1976-05-29 01:47 UTC | 7°49' Gemini |  |
| 1976-06-27 14:50 UTC | 6°03' Cancer |  |
| 1976-07-27 01:39 UTC | 4°09' Leo |  |
| 1976-08-25 11:01 UTC | 2°21' Virgo |  |
| 1976-09-23 19:55 UTC | 0°54' Libra |  |
| 1976-10-23 05:10 UTC | 29°55' Libra | Total Solar Eclipse |
| 1976-11-21 15:11 UTC | 29°27' Scorpio |  |
| 1976-12-21 02:08 UTC | 29°21' Sagittarius |  |

## Questions

### When Are the Full Moons in 1976?

Wolf Moon: January 16, 1976 at 11:47 PM ET (04:47 UTC on January 17), in Cancer; Snow Moon: February 15, 1976 at 11:43 AM ET (16:43 UTC), in Leo; Worm Moon: March 15, 1976 at 9:53 PM ET (02:53 UTC on March 16), in Virgo; Pink Moon: April 14, 1976 at 6:49 AM ET (11:49 UTC), in Libra; Flower Moon: May 13, 1976 at 4:04 PM ET (20:04 UTC), in Scorpio; Strawberry Moon: June 12, 1976 at 12:15 AM ET (04:15 UTC), in Sagittarius; Buck Moon: July 11, 1976 at 9:09 AM ET (13:09 UTC), in Capricorn; Sturgeon Moon: August 9, 1976 at 7:44 PM ET (23:44 UTC), in Aquarius; Harvest Moon: September 8, 1976 at 8:52 AM ET (12:52 UTC), in Pisces; Hunter's Moon: October 8, 1976 at 12:56 AM ET (04:56 UTC), in Aries; Beaver Moon: November 6, 1976 at 6:15 PM ET (23:15 UTC), in Taurus; Cold Moon: December 6, 1976 at 1:15 PM ET (18:15 UTC), in Gemini.

### When Are the New Moons in 1976?

January 1, 1976 at 9:40 AM ET (14:40 UTC), in Capricorn; January 31, 1976 at 1:20 AM ET (06:20 UTC), in Aquarius; February 29, 1976 at 6:25 PM ET (23:25 UTC), in Pisces; March 30, 1976 at 12:08 PM ET (17:08 UTC), in Aries; April 29, 1976 at 6:20 AM ET (10:20 UTC), in Taurus; May 28, 1976 at 9:47 PM ET (01:47 UTC on May 29), in Gemini; June 27, 1976 at 10:50 AM ET (14:50 UTC), in Cancer; July 26, 1976 at 9:39 PM ET (01:39 UTC on July 27), in Leo; August 25, 1976 at 7:01 AM ET (11:01 UTC), in Virgo; September 23, 1976 at 3:55 PM ET (19:55 UTC), in Libra; October 23, 1976 at 1:10 AM ET (05:10 UTC), in Libra; November 21, 1976 at 10:11 AM ET (15:11 UTC), in Scorpio; December 20, 1976 at 9:08 PM ET (02:08 UTC on December 21), in Sagittarius.

### Is There a Blue Moon in 1976?

No. No calendar month in 1976 has two Full Moons in US Eastern time.

### When Is the Harvest Moon in 1976?

The Harvest Moon, the Full Moon nearest the September equinox, is on September 8, 1976 at 8:52 AM ET (12:52 UTC), in Pisces.

### Where Do the Full Moon Names Come From?

The names (Wolf, Snow, Worm, Pink, Flower, Strawberry, Buck, Sturgeon, Corn, Hunter's, Beaver and Cold) are traditional North American names popularized by farmers' almanacs. They belong to the month, not to the zodiac sign the Moon is in.

### Why Do Some Calendars List a Different Date?

Most astrology sites print a single date without a time zone. An ingress at 10:49 PM in New York is already the next day in London and Sydney, so two correct sources can disagree by a day. Selfgazer gives every time in both US Eastern time and UTC, and the tables switch to your own time zone in the browser.

## Method

Positions are geocentric and tropical: apparent longitudes on the true ecliptic and equinox of date, corrected for light time and aberration. They are computed with the open-source Astronomy Engine library (VSOP87 planetary theory) and agree with the Swiss Ephemeris to within about one arcminute. The North Node is the mean node. Times are given in UTC and US Eastern time.

Source: [Selfgazer](https://www.selfgazer.com/sky/full-moons/1976). Free to cite with a link to the source page.