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The Moon on Saturday, April 9, 1977: Waning Gibbous, 65% lit

Waning · 64.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 02°

Moon age

20.7days

Moon phase on April 9, 1977Waning Gibbous

Saturday 9 April 1977369,865 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 9, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 64.6% of its visible face lit, 20.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

64.6%Illumination at noon UTC
20.7 dMoon age
369,865 km229,823 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (3°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 9, 1977 is on Monday, April 4, 1977 at 04:09 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 18, 1977 at 10:36 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, April 4, 197704:09
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, April 10, 197719:15

The Moon around April 9

More about this date

Saturday, April 9, 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.