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The Moon on Saturday, October 15, 1977: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 9.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 27°

Moon age

2.6days

Moon phase on October 15, 1977Waxing Crescent

Saturday 15 October 1977364,220 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 15, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.6% of its visible face lit, 2.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.6%Illumination at noon UTC
2.6 dMoon age
364,220 km226,316 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (28°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 1977 is on Wednesday, October 26, 1977 at 23:36 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 12, 1977 at 20:31 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Saturday, October 15, 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.