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The Moon on Wednesday, September 21, 1977: Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit

Waxing · 64.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 14°

Moon age

8.1days

Moon phase on September 21, 1977Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 21 September 1977371,772 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 21, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 64.1% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

64.1%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
371,772 km231,009 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (15°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 21, 1977 is on Tuesday, September 27, 1977 at 08:18 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 13, 1977 at 09:23 UTC, 8 days earlier.

The Moon around September 21

More about this date

Wednesday, September 21, 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.