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The Moon on Saturday, October 29, 1977: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 94.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 03°

Moon age

16.6days

Moon phase on October 29, 1977Waning Gibbous

Saturday 29 October 1977404,019 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 29, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.1% of its visible face lit, 16.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.1%Illumination at noon UTC
16.6 dMoon age
404,019 km251,045 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (4°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 29, 1977 is on Wednesday, October 26, 1977 at 23:36 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 11, 1977 at 07:09 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around October 29

More about this date

Saturday, October 29, 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.