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The Moon on Saturday, April 8, 1978: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 28°

Moon age

0.9days

Moon phase on April 8, 1978Waxing Crescent

Saturday 8 April 1978387,944 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 8, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 0.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
0.9 dMoon age
387,944 km241,057 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (29°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 8, 1978 is on Sunday, April 23, 1978 at 04:11 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 7, 1978 at 15:15 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, April 7, 197815:15
First Quarter (after)Saturday, April 15, 197813:56

The Moon around April 8

More about this date

Saturday, April 8, 1978 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 7, 1978 to the new moon of May 7, 1978, a cycle of 29.56 days.