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The Moon on Thursday, September 29, 1977: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 95.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 01°

Moon age

16.1days

Moon phase on September 29, 1977Waning Gibbous

Thursday 29 September 1977396,190 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 29, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.3% of its visible face lit, 16.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.3%Illumination at noon UTC
16.1 dMoon age
396,190 km246,181 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (1°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 29, 1977 is on Tuesday, September 27, 1977 at 08:18 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 12, 1977 at 20:31 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around September 29

More about this date

Thursday, September 29, 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.