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The Moon on Thursday, October 13, 1977: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 28°

Moon age

0.6days

Moon phase on October 13, 1977Waxing Crescent

Thursday 13 October 1977366,605 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 13, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 0.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
0.6 dMoon age
366,605 km227,798 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (29°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 13, 1977 is on Wednesday, October 26, 1977 at 23:36 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 12, 1977 at 20:31 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, October 12, 197720:31
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, October 19, 197712:46

The Moon around October 13

More about this date

Thursday, October 13, 1977 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 12, 1977 to the new moon of November 11, 1977, a cycle of 29.44 days.