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The Moon on Saturday, July 2, 1977: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

Moon age

15.7days

Moon phase on July 2, 1977Waning Gibbous

Saturday 2 July 1977364,674 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 2, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.1% of its visible face lit, 15.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.1%Illumination at noon UTC
15.7 dMoon age
364,674 km226,598 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (29°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 2, 1977 is on Friday, July 1, 1977 at 03:24 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 16, 1977 at 08:37 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, July 1, 197703:24
Last Quarter (after)Friday, July 8, 197704:39

The Moon around July 2

More about this date

Saturday, July 2, 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.