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The Moon on Tuesday, January 10, 1978: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 08°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on January 10, 1978Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 10 January 1978361,272 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 10, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.8% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
361,272 km224,484 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (9°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 10, 1978 is on Tuesday, January 24, 1978 at 07:56 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 9, 1978 at 04:00 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, January 9, 197804:00
First Quarter (after)Monday, January 16, 197803:03

The Moon around January 10

More about this date

Tuesday, January 10, 1978 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 9, 1978 to the new moon of February 7, 1978, a cycle of 29.45 days.