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The Moon on Sunday, January 30, 1977: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 79.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 16°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on January 30, 1977Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 30 January 1977401,223 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 30, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.1% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
401,223 km249,309 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (16°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 30, 1977 is on Friday, February 4, 1977 at 03:56 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 19, 1977 at 14:11 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, January 27, 197705:12
Full Moon (after)Friday, February 4, 197703:56

The Moon around January 30

More about this date

Sunday, January 30, 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.