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The Moon on Monday, October 3, 1977: Waning Gibbous, 68% lit

Waning · 67.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 19°

Moon age

20.1days

Moon phase on October 3, 1977Waning Gibbous

Monday 3 October 1977404,642 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 3, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 67.7% of its visible face lit, 20.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

67.7%Illumination at noon UTC
20.1 dMoon age
404,642 km251,433 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (20°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 3, 1977 is on Tuesday, September 27, 1977 at 08:18 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 12, 1977 at 20:31 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around October 3

More about this date

Monday, October 3, 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.