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The Moon on Wednesday, January 18, 1978: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 72.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 24°

Moon age

9.3days

Moon phase on January 18, 1978Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 18 January 1978402,741 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 18, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 72.3% of its visible face lit, 9.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.3 dMoon age
402,741 km250,252 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 18, 1978 is on Tuesday, January 24, 1978 at 07:56 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 9, 1978 at 04:00 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, January 16, 197803:03
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, January 24, 197807:56

The Moon around January 18

More about this date

Wednesday, January 18, 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.