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The Moon on Friday, January 14, 1977: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 31.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 16°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on January 14, 1977Waning Crescent

Friday 14 January 1977368,208 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 14, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 31.5% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
368,208 km228,794 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (16°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 14, 1977 is on Wednesday, January 5, 1977 at 12:11 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 19, 1977 at 14:11 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around January 14

More about this date

Friday, January 14, 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.