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The Moon on Tuesday, February 7, 1978: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 16°

New Moon at

14:54UTC

Moon phase on February 7, 1978New Moon

Tuesday 7 February 1978363,454 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 7, 1978, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.1% of its visible face lit, 29.3 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.1%Illumination at noon UTC
29.3 dMoon age
363,454 km225,840 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 31, 197823:51
New Moon (this day)Tuesday, February 7, 197814:54
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, February 14, 197822:11

The Moon around February 7

More about this date

Tuesday, February 7, 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.