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The Moon on Tuesday, April 26, 1977: First Quarter, 49% lit

Waxing · 49.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 04°

First Quarter at

14:42UTC

Moon phase on April 26, 1977First Quarter

Tuesday 26 April 1977393,407 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 26, 1977, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.0% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.0%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
393,407 km244,452 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (5°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 26, 1977 is on Tuesday, May 3, 1977 at 13:03 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 18, 1977 at 10:36 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 18, 197710:36
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, April 26, 197714:42
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 3, 197713:03

The Moon around April 26

More about this date

Tuesday, April 26, 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.