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The Moon on Thursday, September 1, 1977: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 85.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 23°

Moon age

17.6days

Moon phase on September 1, 1977Waning Gibbous

Thursday 1 September 1977393,665 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 1, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.8% of its visible face lit, 17.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.8%Illumination at noon UTC
17.6 dMoon age
393,665 km244,612 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (23°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 1, 1977 is on Sunday, August 28, 1977 at 20:10 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 13, 1977 at 09:23 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, August 28, 197720:10
Last Quarter (after)Monday, September 5, 197714:33

The Moon around September 1

More about this date

Thursday, September 1, 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.