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The Moon on Wednesday, January 25, 1978: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 18°

Moon age

16.3days

Moon phase on January 25, 1978Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 25 January 1978399,460 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 25, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.6% of its visible face lit, 16.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.6%Illumination at noon UTC
16.3 dMoon age
399,460 km248,213 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (18°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 25, 1978 is on Tuesday, January 24, 1978 at 07:56 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 7, 1978 at 14:54 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, January 24, 197807:56
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 31, 197823:51

The Moon around January 25

More about this date

Wednesday, January 25, 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.