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The Moon on Sunday, July 24, 1977: Waxing Gibbous, 58% lit

Waxing · 57.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 10°

Moon age

8.1days

Moon phase on July 24, 1977Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 24 July 1977370,554 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 24, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 57.8% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

57.8%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
370,554 km230,252 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (10°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 24, 1977 is on Saturday, July 30, 1977 at 10:52 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 16, 1977 at 08:37 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, July 23, 197719:38
Full Moon (after)Saturday, July 30, 197710:52

The Moon around July 24

More about this date

Sunday, July 24, 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.