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The Moon on Monday, January 23, 1978: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 23°

Moon age

14.3days

Moon phase on January 23, 1978Waxing Gibbous

Monday 23 January 1978403,864 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 23, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 14.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
14.3 dMoon age
403,864 km250,949 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (24°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 1978 is on Tuesday, January 24, 1978 at 07:56 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 9, 1978 at 04:00 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Monday, January 23, 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.