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The Moon on Friday, June 24, 1977: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 49.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 02°

First Quarter at

12:44UTC

Moon phase on June 24, 1977First Quarter

Friday 24 June 1977378,313 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 24, 1977, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.8% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
378,313 km235,073 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (2°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 24, 1977 is on Friday, July 1, 1977 at 03:24 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 16, 1977 at 18:23 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, June 16, 197718:23
First Quarter (this day)Friday, June 24, 197712:44
Full Moon (after)Friday, July 1, 197703:24

The Moon around June 24

More about this date

Friday, June 24, 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.