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The Moon on Friday, August 26, 1977: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 02°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on August 26, 1977Waxing Gibbous

Friday 26 August 1977370,289 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 26, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.9% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.9%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
370,289 km230,087 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (3°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 1977 is on Sunday, August 28, 1977 at 20:10 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 14, 1977 at 21:31 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Friday, August 26, 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.