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The Moon on Sunday, December 11, 1977: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 00°

Moon age

0.8days

Moon phase on December 11, 1977Waxing Crescent

Sunday 11 December 1977356,992 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 11, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.1% of its visible face lit, 0.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.1%Illumination at noon UTC
0.8 dMoon age
356,992 km221,824 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (0°)
33.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 11, 1977 is on Sunday, December 25, 1977 at 12:49 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 10, 1977 at 17:33 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, December 10, 197717:33
First Quarter (after)Saturday, December 17, 197710:37

The Moon around December 11

More about this date

Sunday, December 11, 1977 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 10, 1977 to the new moon of January 9, 1978, a cycle of 29.44 days.