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The Moon on Friday, February 3, 1978: Waning Crescent, 23% lit

Waning · 23.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 17°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on February 3, 1978Waning Crescent

Friday 3 February 1978365,429 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 3, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 23.0% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

23.0%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
365,429 km227,067 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (17°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 3, 1978 is on Tuesday, January 24, 1978 at 07:56 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 7, 1978 at 14:54 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around February 3

More about this date

Friday, February 3, 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.