Skip to content
The Moon on Friday, September 23, 1977: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 83.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 12°

Moon age

10.1days

Moon phase on September 23, 1977Waxing Gibbous

Friday 23 September 1977375,803 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 23, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.6% of its visible face lit, 10.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.6%Illumination at noon UTC
10.1 dMoon age
375,803 km233,513 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (13°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

The Moon around September 23

More about this date

Friday, September 23, 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.