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The Moon on Tuesday, January 4, 1977: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 02°

Moon age

14.4days

Moon phase on January 4, 1977Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 4 January 1977397,672 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 4, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.8% of its visible face lit, 14.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.4 dMoon age
397,672 km247,102 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (2°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 4, 1977 is on Wednesday, January 5, 1977 at 12:11 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 21, 1976 at 02:08 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 4

More about this date

Tuesday, January 4, 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.