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The Moon on Wednesday, December 28, 1977: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 92.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 09°

Moon age

17.8days

Moon phase on December 28, 1977Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 28 December 1977402,329 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 28, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.1% of its visible face lit, 17.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.1%Illumination at noon UTC
17.8 dMoon age
402,329 km249,996 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (9°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 28, 1977 is on Sunday, December 25, 1977 at 12:49 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 9, 1978 at 04:00 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, December 25, 197712:49
Last Quarter (after)Monday, January 2, 197812:07

The Moon around December 28

More about this date

Wednesday, December 28, 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.