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The Moon on Tuesday, August 2, 1977: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 88.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 19°

Moon age

17.1days

Moon phase on August 2, 1977Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 2 August 1977381,791 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 2, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.6% of its visible face lit, 17.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.6%Illumination at noon UTC
17.1 dMoon age
381,791 km237,234 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (20°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 2, 1977 is on Saturday, July 30, 1977 at 10:52 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 14, 1977 at 21:31 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around August 2

More about this date

Tuesday, August 2, 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.