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The Moon on Monday, July 18, 1977: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 4.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 20°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on July 18, 1977Waxing Crescent

Monday 18 July 1977392,577 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 18, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.7% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
392,577 km243,936 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (20°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 1977 is on Saturday, July 30, 1977 at 10:52 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 16, 1977 at 08:37 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, July 16, 197708:37
First Quarter (after)Saturday, July 23, 197719:38

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Monday, July 18, 1977 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 16, 1977 to the new moon of August 14, 1977, a cycle of 29.54 days.