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The Moon on Wednesday, May 11, 1977: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 36.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 06°

Moon age

23.1days

Moon phase on May 11, 1977Waning Crescent

Wednesday 11 May 1977388,575 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 11, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 36.3% of its visible face lit, 23.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

36.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.1 dMoon age
388,575 km241,449 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (7°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 11, 1977 is on Tuesday, May 3, 1977 at 13:03 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 18, 1977 at 02:52 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 10, 197704:08
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 18, 197702:52

The Moon around May 11

More about this date

Wednesday, May 11, 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.