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The Moon on Thursday, November 17, 1977: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 45.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 19°

First Quarter at

21:53UTC

Moon phase on November 17, 1977First Quarter

Thursday 17 November 1977375,877 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 17, 1977, the Moon was a First Quarter: 45.6% of its visible face lit, 6.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

45.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.2 dMoon age
375,877 km233,559 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (20°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 17, 1977 is on Friday, November 25, 1977 at 17:32 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 11, 1977 at 07:09 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, November 11, 197707:09
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, November 17, 197721:53
Full Moon (after)Friday, November 25, 197717:32

The Moon around November 17

More about this date

Thursday, November 17, 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.