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Moon phases December 1978

First quarter
Thu 07 Dec
00:34 UTC
Full · Cold
Thu 14 Dec
12:31 UTC
Last quarter
Fri 22 Dec
17:42 UTC
New moon
Fri 29 Dec
19:36 UTC

In December 1978 the primary moon phases are the First Quarter on Thursday, December 7 at 00:34 UTC, the Full Moon on Thursday, December 14 at 12:31 UTC, the Last Quarter on Friday, December 22 at 17:42 UTC and the New Moon on Friday, December 29 at 19:36 UTC. The full moon is the Cold Moon.

01 Waxing Crescent, 2% lit 2% 02 Waxing Crescent, 7% lit 7% 03 Waxing Crescent, 14% lit 14% 04 Waxing Crescent, 23% lit 23% 05 Waxing Crescent, 33% lit 33% 06 Waxing Crescent, 44% lit 44% 07First Q First Quarter, 55% lit 55%00:34 08 Waxing Gibbous, 66% lit 66% 09 Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit 76% 10 Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit 84% 11 Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit 91% 12 Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit 96% 13 Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 14Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%12:31 15 Waning Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 16 Waning Gibbous, 96% lit 96% 17 Waning Gibbous, 92% lit 92% 18 Waning Gibbous, 86% lit 86% 19 Waning Gibbous, 79% lit 79% 20 Waning Gibbous, 71% lit 71% 21 Waning Gibbous, 62% lit 62% 22Last Q Last Quarter, 52% lit 52%17:42 23 Waning Crescent, 43% lit 43% 24 Waning Crescent, 33% lit 33% 25 Waning Crescent, 23% lit 23% 26 Waning Crescent, 15% lit 15% 27 Waning Crescent, 8% lit 8% 28 Waning Crescent, 3% lit 3% 29New New Moon, 0% lit 0%19:36 30 Waxing Crescent, 1% lit 1% 31 Waxing Crescent, 4% lit 4%

Exact phase times

December 1978 has four primary moon phases: the First Quarter on December 7, the Full Moon on December 14, the Last Quarter on December 22 and the New Moon on December 29.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
First QuarterThursday, December 7, 197800:34
Full MoonThursday, December 14, 197812:31
Last QuarterFriday, December 22, 197817:42
New MoonFriday, December 29, 197819:36

Thursday, December 14, 1978: Cold Moon, 398,940 km from Earth.

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