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The Moon on Sunday, October 30, 1977: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 88.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 15°

Moon age

17.6days

Moon phase on October 30, 1977Waning Gibbous

Sunday 30 October 1977405,255 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 30, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.9% of its visible face lit, 17.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.9%Illumination at noon UTC
17.6 dMoon age
405,255 km251,814 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (16°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 30, 1977 is on Wednesday, October 26, 1977 at 23:36 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 11, 1977 at 07:09 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around October 30

More about this date

Sunday, October 30, 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.