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The Moon on Tuesday, December 13, 1977: Waxing Crescent, 11% lit

Waxing · 11.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 00°

Moon age

2.8days

Moon phase on December 13, 1977Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 13 December 1977362,754 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 13, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 11.5% of its visible face lit, 2.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.8 dMoon age
362,754 km225,405 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (1°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 13, 1977 is on Sunday, December 25, 1977 at 12:49 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 10, 1977 at 17:33 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 13

More about this date

Tuesday, December 13, 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.