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The Moon on Sunday, October 16, 1977: Waxing Crescent, 18% lit

Waxing · 17.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 12°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on October 16, 1977Waxing Crescent

Sunday 16 October 1977364,996 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 16, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.7% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.7%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
364,996 km226,798 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (13°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 1977 is on Wednesday, October 26, 1977 at 23:36 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 12, 1977 at 20:31 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Sunday, October 16, 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.