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The Moon on Saturday, January 8, 1977: Waning Gibbous, 91% lit

Waning · 90.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 23°

Moon age

18.4days

Moon phase on January 8, 1977Waning Gibbous

Saturday 8 January 1977384,631 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 8, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.6% of its visible face lit, 18.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.4 dMoon age
384,631 km238,999 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (24°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 8, 1977 is on Wednesday, January 5, 1977 at 12:11 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 19, 1977 at 14:11 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around January 8

More about this date

Saturday, January 8, 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.