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The Moon on Friday, October 28, 1977: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 21°

Moon age

15.6days

Moon phase on October 28, 1977Waning Gibbous

Friday 28 October 1977402,063 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 28, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.8% of its visible face lit, 15.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.6 dMoon age
402,063 km249,830 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (22°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 28, 1977 is on Wednesday, October 26, 1977 at 23:36 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 11, 1977 at 07:09 UTC, 14 days later.

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

The Moon around October 28

More about this date

Friday, October 28, 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.