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The Moon on Monday, April 3, 1978: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 19.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 21°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on April 3, 1978Waning Crescent

Monday 3 April 1978372,611 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 3, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.6% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
372,611 km231,530 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (21°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 3, 1978 is on Friday, March 24, 1978 at 16:20 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 7, 1978 at 15:15 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, March 31, 197815:11
New Moon (after)Friday, April 7, 197815:15

The Moon around April 3

More about this date

Monday, April 3, 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.