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The Moon on Sunday, December 4, 1977: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 43.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 19°

Moon age

23.2days

Moon phase on December 4, 1977Waning Crescent

Sunday 4 December 1977386,143 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 4, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 43.8% of its visible face lit, 23.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.2 dMoon age
386,143 km239,938 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (19°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 4, 1977 is on Friday, November 25, 1977 at 17:32 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 10, 1977 at 17:33 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, December 3, 197721:16
New Moon (after)Saturday, December 10, 197717:33

The Moon around December 4

More about this date

Sunday, December 4, 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.