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The Moon on Monday, December 5, 1977: Waning Crescent, 34% lit

Waning · 33.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 02°

Moon age

24.2days

Moon phase on December 5, 1977Waning Crescent

Monday 5 December 1977379,966 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 5, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.5% of its visible face lit, 24.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.2 dMoon age
379,966 km236,100 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (3°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 5, 1977 is on Friday, November 25, 1977 at 17:32 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 10, 1977 at 17:33 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around December 5

More about this date

Monday, December 5, 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.