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The Moon on Saturday, April 16, 1977: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 04°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on April 16, 1977Waning Crescent

Saturday 16 April 1977397,725 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 16, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.6% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
397,725 km247,135 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (5°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 1977 is on Monday, April 4, 1977 at 04:09 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 18, 1977 at 10:36 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Saturday, April 16, 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.