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The Moon on Thursday, August 25, 1977: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 85.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 18°

Moon age

10.6days

Moon phase on August 25, 1977Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 25 August 1977368,893 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 25, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.9% of its visible face lit, 10.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.9%Illumination at noon UTC
10.6 dMoon age
368,893 km229,220 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (18°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 25, 1977 is on Sunday, August 28, 1977 at 20:10 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 14, 1977 at 21:31 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 25

More about this date

Thursday, August 25, 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.