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The Moon on Sunday, September 4, 1977: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 60.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 29°

Moon age

20.6days

Moon phase on September 4, 1977Waning Gibbous

Sunday 4 September 1977403,195 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 4, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 60.6% of its visible face lit, 20.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

60.6%Illumination at noon UTC
20.6 dMoon age
403,195 km250,534 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (30°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 4, 1977 is on Sunday, August 28, 1977 at 20:10 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 13, 1977 at 09:23 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around September 4

More about this date

Sunday, September 4, 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.