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Moon phases August 1978

New moon
Fri 04 Aug
01:01 UTC
First quarter
Fri 11 Aug
20:07 UTC
Full · Sturgeon
Fri 18 Aug
10:14 UTC
Last quarter
Fri 25 Aug
12:18 UTC

In August 1978 the primary moon phases are the New Moon on Friday, August 4 at 01:01 UTC, the First Quarter on Friday, August 11 at 20:07 UTC, the Full Moon on Friday, August 18 at 10:14 UTC and the Last Quarter on Friday, August 25 at 12:18 UTC. The full moon is the Sturgeon Moon.

01 Waning Crescent, 6% lit 6% 02 Waning Crescent, 2% lit 2% 03 Waning Crescent, 0% lit 0% 04New New Moon, 0% lit 0%01:01 05 Waxing Crescent, 2% lit 2% 06 Waxing Crescent, 6% lit 6% 07 Waxing Crescent, 11% lit 11% 08 Waxing Crescent, 18% lit 18% 09 Waxing Crescent, 26% lit 26% 10 Waxing Crescent, 36% lit 36% 11First Q First Quarter, 46% lit 46%20:07 12 Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit 57% 13 Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit 68% 14 Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit 79% 15 Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit 88% 16 Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit 94% 17 Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 18Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%10:14 19 Waning Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 20 Waning Gibbous, 94% lit 94% 21 Waning Gibbous, 87% lit 87% 22 Waning Gibbous, 79% lit 79% 23 Waning Gibbous, 70% lit 70% 24 Waning Gibbous, 60% lit 60% 25Last Q Last Quarter, 50% lit 50%12:18 26 Waning Crescent, 41% lit 41% 27 Waning Crescent, 31% lit 31% 28 Waning Crescent, 23% lit 23% 29 Waning Crescent, 15% lit 15% 30 Waning Crescent, 9% lit 9% 31 Waning Crescent, 4% lit 4%

Exact phase times

August 1978 has four primary moon phases: the New Moon on August 4, the First Quarter on August 11, the Full Moon on August 18 and the Last Quarter on August 25.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
New MoonFriday, August 4, 197801:01
First QuarterFriday, August 11, 197820:07
Full MoonFriday, August 18, 197810:14
Last QuarterFriday, August 25, 197812:18

Friday, August 18, 1978: Sturgeon Moon, 360,405 km from Earth. Supermoon

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