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The Moon on Friday, August 19, 1977: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 22.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 23°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on August 19, 1977Waxing Crescent

Friday 19 August 1977375,193 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 19, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.8% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
375,193 km233,134 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (23°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 19, 1977 is on Sunday, August 28, 1977 at 20:10 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 14, 1977 at 21:31 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, August 14, 197721:31
First Quarter (after)Monday, August 22, 197701:04

The Moon around August 19

More about this date

Friday, August 19, 1977 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 14, 1977 to the new moon of September 13, 1977, a cycle of 29.49 days.