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The Moon on Thursday, December 29, 1977: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 86.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 21°

Moon age

18.8days

Moon phase on December 29, 1977Waning Gibbous

Thursday 29 December 1977399,632 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 29, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.2% of its visible face lit, 18.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.2%Illumination at noon UTC
18.8 dMoon age
399,632 km248,320 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (21°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 29, 1977 is on Sunday, December 25, 1977 at 12:49 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 9, 1978 at 04:00 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around December 29

More about this date

Thursday, December 29, 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.