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The Moon on Sunday, February 20, 1977: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 29°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on February 20, 1977Waxing Crescent

Sunday 20 February 1977393,075 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 20, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.9% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
393,075 km244,245 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (30°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 20, 1977 is on Saturday, March 5, 1977 at 17:13 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 18, 1977 at 03:37 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, February 18, 197703:37
First Quarter (after)Saturday, February 26, 197702:50

The Moon around February 20

More about this date

Sunday, February 20, 1977 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 18, 1977 to the new moon of March 19, 1977, a cycle of 29.62 days.