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The Moon on Wednesday, November 16, 1977: Waxing Crescent, 35% lit

Waxing · 34.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Moon age

5.2days

Moon phase on November 16, 1977Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 16 November 1977370,899 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 16, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 34.6% of its visible face lit, 5.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

34.6%Illumination at noon UTC
5.2 dMoon age
370,899 km230,466 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (6°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 16, 1977 is on Friday, November 25, 1977 at 17:32 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 11, 1977 at 07:09 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 16

More about this date

Wednesday, November 16, 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.