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The Moon on Tuesday, September 6, 1977: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 41.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

Moon age

22.6days

Moon phase on September 6, 1977Waning Crescent

Tuesday 6 September 1977403,862 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 6, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.7% of its visible face lit, 22.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.7%Illumination at noon UTC
22.6 dMoon age
403,862 km250,948 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 6, 1977 is on Sunday, August 28, 1977 at 20:10 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 13, 1977 at 09:23 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, September 5, 197714:33
New Moon (after)Tuesday, September 13, 197709:23

The Moon around September 6

More about this date

Tuesday, September 6, 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.