New moon dates 1977
- 1977: 12 × new moon — 19 January 1977, 18 February 1977, 19 March 1977, 18 April 1977, 18 May 1977, 16 June 1977, 16 July 1977, 15 August 1977, 13 September 1977, 12 October 1977, 11 November 1977, 10 December 1977.
New moon dates 1977
| Date | Time (UTC) | |
|---|---|---|
| Wed 19 Jan | 14:10 | passed |
| Fri 18 Feb | 03:36 | passed |
| Sat 19 Mar | 18:32 | passed |
| Mon 18 Apr | 10:35 | passed |
| Wed 18 May | 02:51 | passed |
| Thu 16 Jun | 18:22 | passed |
| Sat 16 Jul | 08:36 | passed |
| Mon 15 Aug | 21:30 | passed |
| Tue 13 Sep | 09:22 | passed |
| Wed 12 Oct | 20:30 | passed |
| Fri 11 Nov | 07:09 | passed |
| Sat 10 Dec | 17:32 | passed |
Questions people ask
What is a moon day?
A moon day counts the days since the last new moon: the first moon day starts at the new moon, the fifteenth around the full moon. The count on this page is the whole number of days since the last new moon plus one.
Is the moon waxing or waning?
Waxing means the lit part is growing (from new moon to full moon); waning means it is shrinking (from full moon to new moon). In the northern hemisphere a waxing moon is lit on the right.
How are the phase times calculated?
With the algorithms published by Jean Meeus in Astronomical Algorithms (1998), including the periodic terms, which give the phase instants to about one minute.