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The Moon on Wednesday, July 6, 1977: Waning Gibbous, 67% lit

Waning · 66.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 24°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on July 6, 1977Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 6 July 1977387,306 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 6, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 66.9% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

66.9%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
387,306 km240,661 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (25°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 6, 1977 is on Friday, July 1, 1977 at 03:24 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 16, 1977 at 08:37 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around July 6

More about this date

Wednesday, July 6, 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.