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The Moon on Saturday, October 22, 1977: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 80.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 06°

Moon age

9.6days

Moon phase on October 22, 1977Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 22 October 1977383,278 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 22, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.4% of its visible face lit, 9.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.4%Illumination at noon UTC
9.6 dMoon age
383,278 km238,158 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (6°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 22, 1977 is on Wednesday, October 26, 1977 at 23:36 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 12, 1977 at 20:31 UTC, 10 days earlier.

The Moon around October 22

More about this date

Saturday, October 22, 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.