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The Moon on Wednesday, November 23, 1977: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 95.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 06°

Moon age

12.2days

Moon phase on November 23, 1977Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 23 November 1977400,349 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 23, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.5% of its visible face lit, 12.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.5%Illumination at noon UTC
12.2 dMoon age
400,349 km248,765 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (7°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 23, 1977 is on Friday, November 25, 1977 at 17:32 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 11, 1977 at 07:09 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, November 17, 197721:53
Full Moon (after)Friday, November 25, 197717:32

The Moon around November 23

More about this date

Wednesday, November 23, 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.