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The Moon on Tuesday, October 11, 1977: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 00°

Moon age

28.1days

Moon phase on October 11, 1977Waning Crescent

Tuesday 11 October 1977374,143 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 11, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.4% of its visible face lit, 28.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.1 dMoon age
374,143 km232,481 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (0°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 11, 1977 is on Tuesday, September 27, 1977 at 08:18 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 12, 1977 at 20:31 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around October 11

More about this date

Tuesday, October 11, 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.