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The Moon on Tuesday, September 20, 1977: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 52.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 00°

First Quarter at

06:18UTC

Moon phase on September 20, 1977First Quarter

Tuesday 20 September 1977370,394 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 20, 1977, the Moon was a First Quarter: 52.8% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

52.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
370,394 km230,152 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (1°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 20, 1977 is on Tuesday, September 27, 1977 at 08:18 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 13, 1977 at 09:23 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, September 13, 197709:23
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, September 20, 197706:18
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, September 27, 197708:18

The Moon around September 20

More about this date

Tuesday, September 20, 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.