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The Moon on Wednesday, September 28, 1977: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 18°

Moon age

15.1days

Moon phase on September 28, 1977Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 28 September 1977392,501 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 28, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.6% of its visible face lit, 15.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.6%Illumination at noon UTC
15.1 dMoon age
392,501 km243,889 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (19°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 28, 1977 is on Tuesday, September 27, 1977 at 08:18 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 12, 1977 at 20:31 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, September 27, 197708:18
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, October 5, 197709:21

The Moon around September 28

More about this date

Wednesday, September 28, 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.