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Moon phases September 1978

New moon
Sat 02 Sept
16:09 UTC
First quarter
Sun 10 Sept
03:20 UTC
Full · Harvest
Sat 16 Sept
19:01 UTC
Last quarter
Sun 24 Sept
05:08 UTC

In September 1978 the primary moon phases are the New Moon on Saturday, September 2 at 16:09 UTC, the First Quarter on Sunday, September 10 at 03:20 UTC, the Full Moon on Saturday, September 16 at 19:01 UTC and the Last Quarter on Sunday, September 24 at 05:08 UTC. The full moon is the Harvest Moon.

01 Waning Crescent, 1% lit 1% 02New New Moon, 0% lit 0%16:09 03 Waxing Crescent, 1% lit 1% 04 Waxing Crescent, 3% lit 3% 05 Waxing Crescent, 8% lit 8% 06 Waxing Crescent, 14% lit 14% 07 Waxing Crescent, 23% lit 23% 08 Waxing Crescent, 32% lit 32% 09 Waxing Crescent, 43% lit 43% 10First Q First Quarter, 54% lit 54%03:20 11 Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit 65% 12 Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit 76% 13 Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit 85% 14 Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit 93% 15 Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 16Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%19:01 17 Waning Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 18 Waning Gibbous, 96% lit 96% 19 Waning Gibbous, 91% lit 91% 20 Waning Gibbous, 84% lit 84% 21 Waning Gibbous, 76% lit 76% 22 Waning Gibbous, 66% lit 66% 23 Waning Gibbous, 57% lit 57% 24Last Q Last Quarter, 47% lit 47%05:08 25 Waning Crescent, 38% lit 38% 26 Waning Crescent, 29% lit 29% 27 Waning Crescent, 21% lit 21% 28 Waning Crescent, 14% lit 14% 29 Waning Crescent, 8% lit 8% 30 Waning Crescent, 3% lit 3%

Exact phase times

September 1978 has four primary moon phases: the New Moon on September 2, the First Quarter on September 10, the Full Moon on September 16 and the Last Quarter on September 24.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
New MoonSaturday, September 2, 197816:09
First QuarterSunday, September 10, 197803:20
Full MoonSaturday, September 16, 197819:01
Last QuarterSunday, September 24, 197805:08

Saturday, September 16, 1978: Harvest Moon, 367,649 km from Earth. SupermoonTotal lunar eclipse

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