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The Moon on Friday, September 9, 1977: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 16.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 29°

Moon age

25.6days

Moon phase on September 9, 1977Waning Crescent

Friday 9 September 1977395,976 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 9, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.0% of its visible face lit, 25.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.0%Illumination at noon UTC
25.6 dMoon age
395,976 km246,048 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (30°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 9, 1977 is on Sunday, August 28, 1977 at 20:10 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 13, 1977 at 09:23 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around September 9

More about this date

Friday, September 9, 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.