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The Moon on Friday, July 15, 1977: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 13°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on July 15, 1977Waning Crescent

Friday 15 July 1977401,396 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 15, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
401,396 km249,416 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (13°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 15, 1977 is on Friday, July 1, 1977 at 03:24 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 16, 1977 at 08:37 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around July 15

More about this date

Friday, July 15, 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.