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The Moon on Wednesday, December 14, 1977: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 19.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 15°

Moon age

3.8days

Moon phase on December 14, 1977Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 14 December 1977367,778 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 14, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.9% of its visible face lit, 3.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.9%Illumination at noon UTC
3.8 dMoon age
367,778 km228,527 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (15°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 14, 1977 is on Sunday, December 25, 1977 at 12:49 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 10, 1977 at 17:33 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 14

More about this date

Wednesday, December 14, 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.