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The Moon on Friday, April 29, 1977: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 78.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 14°

Moon age

11.1days

Moon phase on April 29, 1977Waxing Gibbous

Friday 29 April 1977375,608 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 29, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.8% of its visible face lit, 11.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.8%Illumination at noon UTC
11.1 dMoon age
375,608 km233,392 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (14°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 29, 1977 is on Tuesday, May 3, 1977 at 13:03 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 18, 1977 at 10:36 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 29

More about this date

Friday, April 29, 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.