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The Moon on Thursday, January 13, 1977: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 42.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 01°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on January 13, 1977Waning Crescent

Thursday 13 January 1977370,209 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 13, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.6% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.6%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
370,209 km230,037 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (2°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 13, 1977 is on Wednesday, January 5, 1977 at 12:11 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 19, 1977 at 14:11 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, January 12, 197719:55
New Moon (after)Wednesday, January 19, 197714:11

The Moon around January 13

More about this date

Thursday, January 13, 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.