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The Moon on Saturday, January 15, 1977: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 21.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 00°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on January 15, 1977Waning Crescent

Saturday 15 January 1977366,877 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 15, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.3% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
366,877 km227,967 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (0°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 1977 is on Wednesday, January 5, 1977 at 12:11 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 19, 1977 at 14:11 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Saturday, January 15, 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.