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The Moon on Wednesday, April 27, 1977: Waxing Gibbous, 59% lit

Waxing · 59.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 17°

Moon age

9.1days

Moon phase on April 27, 1977Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 27 April 1977387,933 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 27, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 59.1% of its visible face lit, 9.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

59.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.1 dMoon age
387,933 km241,050 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (18°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 1977 is on Tuesday, May 3, 1977 at 13:03 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 18, 1977 at 10:36 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 26, 197714:42
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 3, 197713:03

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Wednesday, April 27, 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.