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The Moon on Wednesday, June 22, 1977: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 29.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 06°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on June 22, 1977Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 22 June 1977388,125 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 22, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 29.2% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
388,125 km241,170 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (6°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 22, 1977 is on Friday, July 1, 1977 at 03:24 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 16, 1977 at 18:23 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 22

More about this date

Wednesday, June 22, 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.