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The Moon on Monday, April 10, 1978: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 8.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 24°

Moon age

2.9days

Moon phase on April 10, 1978Waxing Crescent

Monday 10 April 1978395,979 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 10, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.6% of its visible face lit, 2.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.6%Illumination at noon UTC
2.9 dMoon age
395,979 km246,050 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 10, 1978 is on Sunday, April 23, 1978 at 04:11 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 7, 1978 at 15:15 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 10

More about this date

Monday, April 10, 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.