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The Moon on Saturday, July 9, 1977: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 37.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 01°

Moon age

22.7days

Moon phase on July 9, 1977Waning Crescent

Saturday 9 July 1977401,266 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 9, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 37.6% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

37.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
401,266 km249,335 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (2°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 9, 1977 is on Friday, July 1, 1977 at 03:24 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 16, 1977 at 08:37 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, July 8, 197704:39
New Moon (after)Saturday, July 16, 197708:37

The Moon around July 9

More about this date

Saturday, July 9, 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.