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The Moon on Sunday, August 14, 1977: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 16°

New Moon at

21:31UTC

Moon phase on August 14, 1977New Moon

Sunday 14 August 1977391,338 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 14, 1977, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 29.1 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
29.1 dMoon age
391,338 km243,166 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 14, 1977 is on Sunday, August 28, 1977 at 20:10 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 14, 1977 at 21:31 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, August 6, 197720:40
New Moon (this day)Sunday, August 14, 197721:31
First Quarter (after)Monday, August 22, 197701:04

The Moon around August 14

More about this date

Sunday, August 14, 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.