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The Moon on Sunday, January 15, 1978: Waxing Crescent, 44% lit

Waxing · 43.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 17°

Moon age

6.3days

Moon phase on January 15, 1978Waxing Crescent

Sunday 15 January 1978389,911 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 15, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 43.8% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

43.8%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
389,911 km242,280 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (18°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 1978 is on Tuesday, January 24, 1978 at 07:56 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 9, 1978 at 04:00 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Sunday, January 15, 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.