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The Moon on Thursday, May 5, 1977: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 94.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 12°

Moon age

17.1days

Moon phase on May 5, 1977Waning Gibbous

Thursday 5 May 1977359,301 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 5, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.2% of its visible face lit, 17.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.2%Illumination at noon UTC
17.1 dMoon age
359,301 km223,259 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (13°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 5, 1977 is on Tuesday, May 3, 1977 at 13:03 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 18, 1977 at 02:52 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, May 3, 197713:03
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 10, 197704:08

The Moon around May 5

More about this date

Thursday, May 5, 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.