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The Moon on Wednesday, April 13, 1977: Waning Crescent, 23% lit

Waning · 22.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on April 13, 1977Waning Crescent

Wednesday 13 April 1977387,236 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 13, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 22.6% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
387,236 km240,618 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (27°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 13, 1977 is on Monday, April 4, 1977 at 04:09 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 18, 1977 at 10:36 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, April 10, 197719:15
New Moon (after)Monday, April 18, 197710:36

The Moon around April 13

More about this date

Wednesday, April 13, 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.