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The Moon on Saturday, September 17, 1977: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 20.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 17°

Moon age

4.1days

Moon phase on September 17, 1977Waxing Crescent

Saturday 17 September 1977369,379 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 17, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.3% of its visible face lit, 4.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.1 dMoon age
369,379 km229,522 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (18°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 17, 1977 is on Tuesday, September 27, 1977 at 08:18 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 13, 1977 at 09:23 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, September 13, 197709:23
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, September 20, 197706:18

The Moon around September 17

More about this date

Saturday, September 17, 1977 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 13, 1977 to the new moon of October 12, 1977, a cycle of 29.46 days.