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The Moon on Saturday, December 17, 1977: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 50.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 26°

First Quarter at

10:37UTC

Moon phase on December 17, 1977First Quarter

Saturday 17 December 1977385,561 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 17, 1977, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.7% of its visible face lit, 6.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.8 dMoon age
385,561 km239,577 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (26°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 1977 is on Sunday, December 25, 1977 at 12:49 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 10, 1977 at 17:33 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, December 10, 197717:33
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, December 17, 197710:37
Full Moon (after)Sunday, December 25, 197712:49

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Saturday, December 17, 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.