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The Moon on Monday, March 20, 1978: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 82.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 10°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on March 20, 1978Waxing Gibbous

Monday 20 March 1978399,408 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 20, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.8% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.8%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
399,408 km248,181 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (10°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 1978 is on Friday, March 24, 1978 at 16:20 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 9, 1978 at 02:36 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Monday, March 20, 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.