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The Moon on Thursday, February 2, 1978: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 33.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 02°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on February 2, 1978Waning Crescent

Thursday 2 February 1978368,988 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 2, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.4% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
368,988 km229,278 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (3°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 2, 1978 is on Tuesday, January 24, 1978 at 07:56 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 7, 1978 at 14:54 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 31, 197823:51
New Moon (after)Tuesday, February 7, 197814:54

The Moon around February 2

More about this date

Thursday, February 2, 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.