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The Moon on Saturday, December 10, 1977: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 15°

New Moon at

17:33UTC

Moon phase on December 10, 1977New Moon

Saturday 10 December 1977356,930 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 10, 1977, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.2 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.2 dMoon age
356,930 km221,786 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (15°)
33.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 10, 1977 is on Friday, November 25, 1977 at 17:32 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 10, 1977 at 17:33 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, December 3, 197721:16
New Moon (this day)Saturday, December 10, 197717:33
First Quarter (after)Saturday, December 17, 197710:37

The Moon around December 10

More about this date

Saturday, December 10, 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.