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The Moon on Sunday, December 25, 1977: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 03°

Full Moon at

12:49UTC

Moon phase on December 25, 1977Full Moon

Sunday 25 December 1977406,378 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 25, 1977, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 14.8 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.8 dMoon age
406,378 km252,511 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (3°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Cold Moon, 406,364 km from Earth. Micromoon

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 25, 1977 is on Sunday, December 25, 1977 at 12:49 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 9, 1978 at 04:00 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, December 17, 197710:37
Full Moon (this day)Sunday, December 25, 197712:49
Last Quarter (after)Monday, January 2, 197812:07

The Moon around December 25

More about this date

Sunday, December 25, 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.