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The Moon on Monday, September 12, 1977: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 08°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on September 12, 1977Waning Crescent

Monday 12 September 1977382,683 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 12, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.0% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.0%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
382,683 km237,788 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (9°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 12, 1977 is on Sunday, August 28, 1977 at 20:10 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 13, 1977 at 09:23 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around September 12

More about this date

Monday, September 12, 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.