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The Moon on Friday, June 17, 1977: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 04°

Moon age

0.7days

Moon phase on June 17, 1977Waxing Crescent

Friday 17 June 1977404,010 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 17, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
404,010 km251,040 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (4°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 17, 1977 is on Friday, July 1, 1977 at 03:24 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 16, 1977 at 18:23 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, June 16, 197718:23
First Quarter (after)Friday, June 24, 197712:44

The Moon around June 17

More about this date

Friday, June 17, 1977 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 16, 1977 to the new moon of July 16, 1977, a cycle of 29.59 days.