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The Moon on Tuesday, October 18, 1977: Waxing Crescent, 38% lit

Waxing · 38.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 11°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on October 18, 1977Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 18 October 1977369,487 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 18, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.4% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.4%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
369,487 km229,589 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (11°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 1977 is on Wednesday, October 26, 1977 at 23:36 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 12, 1977 at 20:31 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Tuesday, October 18, 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.