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The Moon on Friday, April 14, 1978: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 40.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 12°

Moon age

6.9days

Moon phase on April 14, 1978Waxing Crescent

Friday 14 April 1978404,427 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 14, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 40.0% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
404,427 km251,299 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (12°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 14, 1978 is on Sunday, April 23, 1978 at 04:11 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 7, 1978 at 15:15 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 14

More about this date

Friday, April 14, 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.