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The Moon on Thursday, October 27, 1977: Waning Gibbous, 100% lit

Waning · 99.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 09°

Moon age

14.6days

Moon phase on October 27, 1977Waning Gibbous

Thursday 27 October 1977399,565 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 27, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 14.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
14.6 dMoon age
399,565 km248,278 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (10°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 1977 is on Wednesday, October 26, 1977 at 23:36 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 12, 1977 at 20:31 UTC, 15 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, October 26, 197723:36
Last Quarter (after)Friday, November 4, 197703:59

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Thursday, October 27, 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.