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The Moon on Friday, April 22, 1977: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 14.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 16°

Moon age

4.1days

Moon phase on April 22, 1977Waxing Crescent

Friday 22 April 1977405,556 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 22, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.3% of its visible face lit, 4.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.1 dMoon age
405,556 km252,001 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (16°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 22, 1977 is on Tuesday, May 3, 1977 at 13:03 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 18, 1977 at 10:36 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 18, 197710:36
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, April 26, 197714:42

The Moon around April 22

More about this date

Friday, April 22, 1977 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 18, 1977 to the new moon of May 18, 1977, a cycle of 29.68 days.