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Moon phases January 1978

Last quarter
Mon 02 Jan
12:07 UTC
New moon
Mon 09 Jan
04:00 UTC
First quarter
Mon 16 Jan
03:03 UTC
Full · Wolf
Tue 24 Jan
07:56 UTC
Last quarter
Tue 31 Jan
23:51 UTC

In January 1978 the primary moon phases are the Last Quarter on Monday, January 2 at 12:07 UTC, the New Moon on Monday, January 9 at 04:00 UTC, the First Quarter on Monday, January 16 at 03:03 UTC, the Full Moon on Tuesday, January 24 at 07:56 UTC and the Last Quarter on Tuesday, January 31 at 23:51 UTC. The full moon is the Wolf Moon.

01 Waning Gibbous, 61% lit 61% 02Last Q Last Quarter, 50% lit 50%12:07 03 Waning Crescent, 39% lit 39% 04 Waning Crescent, 29% lit 29% 05 Waning Crescent, 19% lit 19% 06 Waning Crescent, 11% lit 11% 07 Waning Crescent, 4% lit 4% 08 Waning Crescent, 1% lit 1% 09New New Moon, 0% lit 0%04:00 10 Waxing Crescent, 3% lit 3% 11 Waxing Crescent, 8% lit 8% 12 Waxing Crescent, 15% lit 15% 13 Waxing Crescent, 24% lit 24% 14 Waxing Crescent, 34% lit 34% 15 Waxing Crescent, 44% lit 44% 16First Q First Quarter, 54% lit 54%03:03 17 Waxing Gibbous, 63% lit 63% 18 Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit 72% 19 Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit 80% 20 Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit 87% 21 Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit 93% 22 Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit 97% 23 Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 24Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%07:56 25 Waning Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 26 Waning Gibbous, 96% lit 96% 27 Waning Gibbous, 91% lit 91% 28 Waning Gibbous, 84% lit 84% 29 Waning Gibbous, 76% lit 76% 30 Waning Gibbous, 66% lit 66% 31Last Q Last Quarter, 56% lit 56%23:51

Exact phase times

January 1978 has five primary moon phases: the Last Quarter on January 2, the New Moon on January 9, the First Quarter on January 16, the Full Moon on January 24 and the Last Quarter on January 31.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
Last QuarterMonday, January 2, 197812:07
New MoonMonday, January 9, 197804:00
First QuarterMonday, January 16, 197803:03
Full MoonTuesday, January 24, 197807:56
Last QuarterTuesday, January 31, 197823:51

Tuesday, January 24, 1978: Wolf Moon, 402,261 km from Earth. Micromoon

Full moons · 1978

Twelve full moons, one blue

24 Jan Wolf Micromoon 23 Feb Snow 24 Mar Worm total eclipse 23 Apr Pink 22 May Flower Blue moon 20 Jun Straw­berry Supermoon 20 Jul Buck Supermoon 18 Aug Sturgeon Supermoon 16 Sept Harvest total eclipse 16 Oct Hunter’s 14 Nov Beaver 14 Dec Cold