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The Moon on Friday, January 7, 1977: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 95.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 10°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on January 7, 1977Waning Gibbous

Friday 7 January 1977387,900 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 7, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.7% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.7%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
387,900 km241,030 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (11°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 7, 1977 is on Wednesday, January 5, 1977 at 12:11 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 19, 1977 at 14:11 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, January 5, 197712:11
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 12, 197719:55

The Moon around January 7

More about this date

Friday, January 7, 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.