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The Moon on Monday, October 10, 1977: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 7.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 16°

Moon age

27.1days

Moon phase on October 10, 1977Waning Crescent

Monday 10 October 1977379,259 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 10, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.0% of its visible face lit, 27.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.1 dMoon age
379,259 km235,660 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (17°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 10, 1977 is on Tuesday, September 27, 1977 at 08:18 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 12, 1977 at 20:31 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, October 5, 197709:21
New Moon (after)Wednesday, October 12, 197720:31

The Moon around October 10

More about this date

Monday, October 10, 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.