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The Moon on Sunday, January 29, 1978: Waning Gibbous, 76% lit

Waning · 75.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 08°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on January 29, 1978Waning Gibbous

Sunday 29 January 1978386,015 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 29, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 75.6% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

75.6%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
386,015 km239,858 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (9°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 29, 1978 is on Tuesday, January 24, 1978 at 07:56 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 7, 1978 at 14:54 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around January 29

More about this date

Sunday, January 29, 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.