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The Moon on Tuesday, January 25, 1977: Waxing Crescent, 34% lit

Waxing · 34.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 16°

Moon age

5.9days

Moon phase on January 25, 1977Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 25 January 1977399,568 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 25, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 34.1% of its visible face lit, 5.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

34.1%Illumination at noon UTC
5.9 dMoon age
399,568 km248,280 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (17°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 25, 1977 is on Friday, February 4, 1977 at 03:56 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 19, 1977 at 14:11 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 25

More about this date

Tuesday, January 25, 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.