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The Moon on Sunday, August 7, 1977: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 44.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 21°

Moon age

22.1days

Moon phase on August 7, 1977Waning Crescent

Sunday 7 August 1977403,278 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 7, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 44.1% of its visible face lit, 22.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

44.1%Illumination at noon UTC
22.1 dMoon age
403,278 km250,586 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (22°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 7, 1977 is on Saturday, July 30, 1977 at 10:52 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 14, 1977 at 21:31 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, August 6, 197720:40
New Moon (after)Sunday, August 14, 197721:31

The Moon around August 7

More about this date

Sunday, August 7, 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.