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The Moon on Wednesday, August 10, 1977: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 18.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 27°

Moon age

25.1days

Moon phase on August 10, 1977Waning Crescent

Wednesday 10 August 1977403,338 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 10, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.2% of its visible face lit, 25.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.1 dMoon age
403,338 km250,623 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (27°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 10, 1977 is on Saturday, July 30, 1977 at 10:52 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 14, 1977 at 21:31 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around August 10

More about this date

Wednesday, August 10, 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.