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The Moon on Saturday, November 12, 1977: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 06°

Moon age

1.2days

Moon phase on November 12, 1977Waxing Crescent

Saturday 12 November 1977359,288 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 12, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.3% of its visible face lit, 1.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.3%Illumination at noon UTC
1.2 dMoon age
359,288 km223,251 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (7°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 12, 1977 is on Friday, November 25, 1977 at 17:32 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 11, 1977 at 07:09 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, November 11, 197707:09
First Quarter (after)Thursday, November 17, 197721:53

The Moon around November 12

More about this date

Saturday, November 12, 1977 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 11, 1977 to the new moon of December 10, 1977, a cycle of 29.43 days.