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The Moon on Wednesday, August 24, 1977: Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit

Waxing · 77.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 03°

Moon age

9.6days

Moon phase on August 24, 1977Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 24 August 1977368,390 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 24, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.0% of its visible face lit, 9.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.6 dMoon age
368,390 km228,907 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (4°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 1977 is on Sunday, August 28, 1977 at 20:10 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 14, 1977 at 21:31 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, August 22, 197701:04
Full Moon (after)Sunday, August 28, 197720:10

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Wednesday, August 24, 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.