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The Moon on Saturday, February 18, 1978: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 81.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 08°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on February 18, 1978Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 18 February 1978404,876 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 18, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.4% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
404,876 km251,578 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (8°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 18, 1978 is on Thursday, February 23, 1978 at 01:27 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 7, 1978 at 14:54 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, February 14, 197822:11
Full Moon (after)Thursday, February 23, 197801:27

The Moon around February 18

More about this date

Saturday, February 18, 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.