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The Moon on Sunday, August 28, 1977: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 00°

Full Moon at

20:10UTC

Moon phase on August 28, 1977Full Moon

Sunday 28 August 1977375,870 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 28, 1977, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
375,870 km233,555 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (1°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Sturgeon Moon, 377,158 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, August 22, 197701:04
Full Moon (this day)Sunday, August 28, 197720:10
Last Quarter (after)Monday, September 5, 197714:33

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Sunday, August 28, 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.