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The Moon on Thursday, December 1, 1977: Waning Gibbous, 73% lit

Waning · 72.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 12°

Moon age

20.2days

Moon phase on December 1, 1977Waning Gibbous

Thursday 1 December 1977400,525 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 1, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.8% of its visible face lit, 20.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.2 dMoon age
400,525 km248,874 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (12°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 1, 1977 is on Friday, November 25, 1977 at 17:32 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 10, 1977 at 17:33 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, November 25, 197717:32
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, December 3, 197721:16

The Moon around December 1

More about this date

Thursday, December 1, 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.