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The Moon on Sunday, September 18, 1977: Waxing Crescent, 30% lit

Waxing · 30.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 02°

Moon age

5.1days

Moon phase on September 18, 1977Waxing Crescent

Sunday 18 September 1977369,106 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 18, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 30.3% of its visible face lit, 5.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

30.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.1 dMoon age
369,106 km229,352 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (2°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 18, 1977 is on Tuesday, September 27, 1977 at 08:18 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 13, 1977 at 09:23 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 18

More about this date

Sunday, September 18, 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.