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The Moon on Wednesday, July 27, 1977: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 87.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 23°

Moon age

11.1days

Moon phase on July 27, 1977Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 27 July 1977363,695 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 27, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.9% of its visible face lit, 11.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.9%Illumination at noon UTC
11.1 dMoon age
363,695 km225,989 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (24°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 1977 is on Saturday, July 30, 1977 at 10:52 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 16, 1977 at 08:37 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Wednesday, July 27, 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.