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The Moon on Sunday, February 19, 1978: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 20°

Moon age

11.9days

Moon phase on February 19, 1978Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 19 February 1978403,578 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 19, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.2% of its visible face lit, 11.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.2%Illumination at noon UTC
11.9 dMoon age
403,578 km250,772 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (20°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 19, 1978 is on Thursday, February 23, 1978 at 01:27 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 7, 1978 at 14:54 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 19

More about this date

Sunday, February 19, 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.