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The Moon on Thursday, January 20, 1977: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 12°

Moon age

0.9days

Moon phase on January 20, 1977Waxing Crescent

Thursday 20 January 1977375,963 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 20, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.2% of its visible face lit, 0.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.2%Illumination at noon UTC
0.9 dMoon age
375,963 km233,612 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (12°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 1977 is on Friday, February 4, 1977 at 03:56 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 19, 1977 at 14:11 UTC, 1 day earlier.

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

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Thursday, January 20, 1977 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 19, 1977 to the new moon of February 18, 1977, a cycle of 29.56 days.