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The Moon on Tuesday, February 15, 1977: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 8.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 23°

Moon age

26.9days

Moon phase on February 15, 1977Waning Crescent

Tuesday 15 February 1977375,049 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 15, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.5% of its visible face lit, 26.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.5%Illumination at noon UTC
26.9 dMoon age
375,049 km233,045 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 15, 1977 is on Friday, February 4, 1977 at 03:56 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 18, 1977 at 03:37 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, February 11, 197704:07
New Moon (after)Friday, February 18, 197703:37

The Moon around February 15

More about this date

Tuesday, February 15, 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.