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The Moon on Sunday, July 31, 1977: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 22°

Moon age

15.1days

Moon phase on July 31, 1977Waning Gibbous

Sunday 31 July 1977371,474 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 31, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.4% of its visible face lit, 15.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.4%Illumination at noon UTC
15.1 dMoon age
371,474 km230,823 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (22°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 31, 1977 is on Saturday, July 30, 1977 at 10:52 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 14, 1977 at 21:31 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, July 30, 197710:52
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, August 6, 197720:40

The Moon around July 31

More about this date

Sunday, July 31, 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.