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The Moon on Friday, February 10, 1978: Waxing Crescent, 11% lit

Waxing · 10.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 29°

Moon age

2.9days

Moon phase on February 10, 1978Waxing Crescent

Friday 10 February 1978376,993 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 10, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.7% of its visible face lit, 2.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.9 dMoon age
376,993 km234,252 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (29°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 10, 1978 is on Thursday, February 23, 1978 at 01:27 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 7, 1978 at 14:54 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, February 7, 197814:54
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, February 14, 197822:11

The Moon around February 10

More about this date

Friday, February 10, 1978 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 7, 1978 to the new moon of March 9, 1978, a cycle of 29.49 days.