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The Moon on Thursday, April 28, 1977: Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit

Waxing · 69.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 00°

Moon age

10.1days

Moon phase on April 28, 1977Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 28 April 1977381,872 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 28, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 69.2% of its visible face lit, 10.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

69.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.1 dMoon age
381,872 km237,284 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (1°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 28, 1977 is on Tuesday, May 3, 1977 at 13:03 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 18, 1977 at 10:36 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 28

More about this date

Thursday, April 28, 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.