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The Moon on Monday, February 20, 1978: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 93.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

Moon age

12.9days

Moon phase on February 20, 1978Waxing Gibbous

Monday 20 February 1978401,434 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 20, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.6% of its visible face lit, 12.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.9 dMoon age
401,434 km249,440 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (2°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 20, 1978 is on Thursday, February 23, 1978 at 01:27 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 7, 1978 at 14:54 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 20

More about this date

Monday, February 20, 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.