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The Moon on Thursday, January 12, 1978: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 15.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 07°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on January 12, 1978Waxing Crescent

Thursday 12 January 1978371,334 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 12, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.3% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
371,334 km230,736 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (8°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 1978 is on Tuesday, January 24, 1978 at 07:56 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 9, 1978 at 04:00 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Thursday, January 12, 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.