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The Moon on Saturday, March 18, 1978: Waxing Gibbous, 66% lit

Waxing · 66.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 16°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on March 18, 1978Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 18 March 1978403,908 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 18, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 66.2% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

66.2%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
403,908 km250,977 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (16°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 1978 is on Friday, March 24, 1978 at 16:20 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 9, 1978 at 02:36 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, March 16, 197818:21
Full Moon (after)Friday, March 24, 197816:20

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Saturday, March 18, 1978 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 9, 1978 to the new moon of April 7, 1978, a cycle of 29.53 days.