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The Moon on Sunday, April 24, 1977: Waxing Crescent, 30% lit

Waxing · 29.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 10°

Moon age

6.1days

Moon phase on April 24, 1977Waxing Crescent

Sunday 24 April 1977401,613 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 24, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 29.9% of its visible face lit, 6.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.9%Illumination at noon UTC
6.1 dMoon age
401,613 km249,551 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (10°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 24, 1977 is on Tuesday, May 3, 1977 at 13:03 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 18, 1977 at 10:36 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 24

More about this date

Sunday, April 24, 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.