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The Moon on Saturday, April 15, 1978: First Quarter, 49% lit

Waxing · 49.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 24°

First Quarter at

13:56UTC

Moon phase on April 15, 1978First Quarter

Saturday 15 April 1978403,694 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 15, 1978, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.4% of its visible face lit, 7.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.9 dMoon age
403,694 km250,843 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (24°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, April 7, 197815:15
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, April 15, 197813:56
Full Moon (after)Sunday, April 23, 197804:11

The Moon around April 15

More about this date

Saturday, April 15, 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.