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The Moon on Friday, January 13, 1978: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 24.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 21°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on January 13, 1978Waxing Crescent

Friday 13 January 1978377,575 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 13, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 24.1% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

24.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
377,575 km234,614 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (22°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 13, 1978 is on Tuesday, January 24, 1978 at 07:56 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 9, 1978 at 04:00 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 13

More about this date

Friday, January 13, 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.