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The Moon on Monday, January 24, 1977: Waxing Crescent, 25% lit

Waxing · 25.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 04°

Moon age

4.9days

Moon phase on January 24, 1977Waxing Crescent

Monday 24 January 1977395,672 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 24, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.2% of its visible face lit, 4.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.9 dMoon age
395,672 km245,859 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (4°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 24, 1977 is on Friday, February 4, 1977 at 03:56 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 19, 1977 at 14:11 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 24

More about this date

Monday, January 24, 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.