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The Moon on Sunday, April 3, 1977: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 04°

Moon age

14.7days

Moon phase on April 3, 1977Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 3 April 1977365,681 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 3, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 14.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
14.7 dMoon age
365,681 km227,224 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (4°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 3, 1977 is on Monday, April 4, 1977 at 04:09 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 19, 1977 at 18:33 UTC, 15 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, March 27, 197722:27
Full Moon (after)Monday, April 4, 197704:09

The Moon around April 3

More about this date

Sunday, April 3, 1977 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 19, 1977 to the new moon of April 18, 1977, a cycle of 29.67 days.