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The Moon on Monday, February 13, 1978: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 36.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 08°

Moon age

5.9days

Moon phase on February 13, 1978Waxing Crescent

Monday 13 February 1978394,138 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 13, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 36.4% of its visible face lit, 5.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.4%Illumination at noon UTC
5.9 dMoon age
394,138 km244,906 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (8°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 13, 1978 is on Thursday, February 23, 1978 at 01:27 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 7, 1978 at 14:54 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 13

More about this date

Monday, February 13, 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.