Skip to content
The Moon on Saturday, May 7, 1977: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 78.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 12°

Moon age

19.1days

Moon phase on May 7, 1977Waning Gibbous

Saturday 7 May 1977366,879 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 7, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.3% of its visible face lit, 19.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.3%Illumination at noon UTC
19.1 dMoon age
366,879 km227,968 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (12°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 7, 1977 is on Tuesday, May 3, 1977 at 13:03 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 18, 1977 at 02:52 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around May 7

More about this date

Saturday, May 7, 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.