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Moon phases July 1978

New moon
Wed 05 Jul
09:51 UTC
First quarter
Thu 13 Jul
10:49 UTC
Full · Buck
Thu 20 Jul
03:05 UTC
Last quarter
Wed 26 Jul
22:31 UTC

In July 1978 the primary moon phases are the New Moon on Wednesday, July 5 at 09:51 UTC, the First Quarter on Thursday, July 13 at 10:49 UTC, the Full Moon on Thursday, July 20 at 03:05 UTC and the Last Quarter on Wednesday, July 26 at 22:31 UTC. The full moon is the Buck Moon.

01 Waning Crescent, 14% lit 14% 02 Waning Crescent, 8% lit 8% 03 Waning Crescent, 3% lit 3% 04 Waning Crescent, 1% lit 1% 05New New Moon, 0% lit 0%09:51 06 Waxing Crescent, 1% lit 1% 07 Waxing Crescent, 4% lit 4% 08 Waxing Crescent, 9% lit 9% 09 Waxing Crescent, 15% lit 15% 10 Waxing Crescent, 22% lit 22% 11 Waxing Crescent, 31% lit 31% 12 Waxing Crescent, 40% lit 40% 13First Q First Quarter, 51% lit 51%10:49 14 Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit 61% 15 Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit 72% 16 Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit 81% 17 Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit 90% 18 Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit 96% 19 Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 20Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%03:05 21 Waning Gibbous, 97% lit 97% 22 Waning Gibbous, 92% lit 92% 23 Waning Gibbous, 84% lit 84% 24 Waning Gibbous, 75% lit 75% 25 Waning Gibbous, 65% lit 65% 26Last Q Last Quarter, 55% lit 55%22:31 27 Waning Crescent, 44% lit 44% 28 Waning Crescent, 35% lit 35% 29 Waning Crescent, 26% lit 26% 30 Waning Crescent, 18% lit 18% 31 Waning Crescent, 11% lit 11%

Exact phase times

July 1978 has four primary moon phases: the New Moon on July 5, the First Quarter on July 13, the Full Moon on July 20 and the Last Quarter on July 26.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
New MoonWednesday, July 5, 197809:51
First QuarterThursday, July 13, 197810:49
Full MoonThursday, July 20, 197803:05
Last QuarterWednesday, July 26, 197822:31

Thursday, July 20, 1978: Buck Moon, 357,081 km from Earth. Closest supermoon of the year

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