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The Moon on Thursday, April 6, 1978: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 02°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on April 6, 1978Waning Crescent

Thursday 6 April 1978380,303 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 6, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.5% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
380,303 km236,309 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (2°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 6, 1978 is on Friday, March 24, 1978 at 16:20 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 7, 1978 at 15:15 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around April 6

More about this date

Thursday, April 6, 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.