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The Moon on Wednesday, January 19, 1977: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 28°

New Moon at

14:11UTC

Moon phase on January 19, 1977New Moon

Wednesday 19 January 1977371,934 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 19, 1977, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.4 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.4 dMoon age
371,934 km231,109 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (28°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, January 12, 197719:55
New Moon (this day)Wednesday, January 19, 197714:11
First Quarter (after)Thursday, January 27, 197705:12

The Moon around January 19

More about this date

Wednesday, January 19, 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.