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The Moon on Tuesday, May 24, 1977: Waxing Crescent, 34% lit

Waxing · 33.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 13°

Moon age

6.4days

Moon phase on May 24, 1977Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 24 May 1977393,699 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 24, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 33.6% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

33.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
393,699 km244,633 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (14°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 1977 is on Wednesday, June 1, 1977 at 20:31 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 18, 1977 at 02:52 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 18, 197702:52
First Quarter (after)Thursday, May 26, 197703:20

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Tuesday, May 24, 1977 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 18, 1977 to the new moon of June 16, 1977, a cycle of 29.65 days.