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The Moon on Thursday, October 20, 1977: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 60.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 09°

Moon age

7.6days

Moon phase on October 20, 1977Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 20 October 1977376,120 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 20, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 60.9% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

60.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
376,120 km233,710 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (9°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

The Moon around October 20

More about this date

Thursday, October 20, 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.