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The Moon on Thursday, August 11, 1977: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 11.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 09°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on August 11, 1977Waning Crescent

Thursday 11 August 1977401,220 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 11, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.4% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.4%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
401,220 km249,306 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (10°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 11, 1977 is on Saturday, July 30, 1977 at 10:52 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 14, 1977 at 21:31 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around August 11

More about this date

Thursday, August 11, 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.