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The Moon on Friday, October 21, 1977: Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit

Waxing · 71.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 23°

Moon age

8.6days

Moon phase on October 21, 1977Waxing Gibbous

Friday 21 October 1977379,697 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 21, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 71.2% of its visible face lit, 8.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.2%Illumination at noon UTC
8.6 dMoon age
379,697 km235,933 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (23°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 21, 1977 is on Wednesday, October 26, 1977 at 23:36 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 12, 1977 at 20:31 UTC, 9 days earlier.

The Moon around October 21

More about this date

Friday, October 21, 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.