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The Moon on Saturday, January 22, 1977: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 10.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 09°

Moon age

2.9days

Moon phase on January 22, 1977Waxing Crescent

Saturday 22 January 1977385,878 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 22, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.1% of its visible face lit, 2.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.1%Illumination at noon UTC
2.9 dMoon age
385,878 km239,774 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (9°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 22, 1977 is on Friday, February 4, 1977 at 03:56 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 19, 1977 at 14:11 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 22

More about this date

Saturday, January 22, 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.