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The Moon on Friday, July 8, 1977: Last Quarter, 47% lit

Waning · 47.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 19°

Last Quarter at

04:39UTC

Moon phase on July 8, 1977Last Quarter

Friday 8 July 1977397,569 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 8, 1977, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 47.1% of its visible face lit, 21.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

47.1%Illumination at noon UTC
21.7 dMoon age
397,569 km247,038 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (20°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 8, 1977 is on Friday, July 1, 1977 at 03:24 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 16, 1977 at 08:37 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, July 1, 197703:24
Last Quarter (this day)Friday, July 8, 197704:39
New Moon (after)Saturday, July 16, 197708:37

The Moon around July 8

More about this date

Friday, July 8, 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.