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The Moon on Wednesday, January 4, 1978: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 28.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 08°

Moon age

24.8days

Moon phase on January 4, 1978Waning Crescent

Wednesday 4 January 1978370,511 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 4, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.9% of its visible face lit, 24.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.9%Illumination at noon UTC
24.8 dMoon age
370,511 km230,225 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (9°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 4, 1978 is on Sunday, December 25, 1977 at 12:49 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 9, 1978 at 04:00 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, January 2, 197812:07
New Moon (after)Monday, January 9, 197804:00

The Moon around January 4

More about this date

Wednesday, January 4, 1978 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 10, 1977 to the new moon of January 9, 1978, a cycle of 29.44 days.