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The Moon on Thursday, September 22, 1977: Waxing Gibbous, 75% lit

Waxing · 74.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 28°

Moon age

9.1days

Moon phase on September 22, 1977Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 22 September 1977373,577 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 22, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 74.5% of its visible face lit, 9.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

74.5%Illumination at noon UTC
9.1 dMoon age
373,577 km232,130 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (29°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 22, 1977 is on Tuesday, September 27, 1977 at 08:18 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 13, 1977 at 09:23 UTC, 9 days earlier.

The Moon around September 22

More about this date

Thursday, September 22, 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.