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The Moon on Friday, August 12, 1977: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 21°

Moon age

27.1days

Moon phase on August 12, 1977Waning Crescent

Friday 12 August 1977398,351 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 12, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.0% of its visible face lit, 27.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.1 dMoon age
398,351 km247,524 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (22°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 1977 is on Saturday, July 30, 1977 at 10:52 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 14, 1977 at 21:31 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Friday, August 12, 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.