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The Moon on Monday, December 12, 1977: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 15°

Moon age

1.8days

Moon phase on December 12, 1977Waxing Crescent

Monday 12 December 1977359,018 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 12, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.0% of its visible face lit, 1.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.0%Illumination at noon UTC
1.8 dMoon age
359,018 km223,083 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (16°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 1977 is on Sunday, December 25, 1977 at 12:49 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 10, 1977 at 17:33 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Monday, December 12, 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.