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The Moon on Sunday, January 2, 1977: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 91.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 08°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on January 2, 1977Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 2 January 1977402,831 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 2, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.5% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.5%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
402,831 km250,307 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (8°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 2, 1977 is on Wednesday, January 5, 1977 at 12:11 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 21, 1976 at 02:08 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 2

More about this date

Sunday, January 2, 1977 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.