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The Moon on Saturday, July 23, 1977: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 46.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 26°

First Quarter at

19:38UTC

Moon phase on July 23, 1977First Quarter

Saturday 23 July 1977374,113 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 23, 1977, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.5% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
374,113 km232,463 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (26°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 1977 is on Saturday, July 30, 1977 at 10:52 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 16, 1977 at 08:37 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, July 16, 197708:37
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, July 23, 197719:38
Full Moon (after)Saturday, July 30, 197710:52

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Saturday, July 23, 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.