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The Moon on Monday, April 17, 1978: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 68.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 18°

Moon age

9.9days

Moon phase on April 17, 1978Waxing Gibbous

Monday 17 April 1978398,491 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 17, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 68.2% of its visible face lit, 9.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.2%Illumination at noon UTC
9.9 dMoon age
398,491 km247,610 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (18°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 1978 is on Sunday, April 23, 1978 at 04:11 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 7, 1978 at 15:15 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, April 15, 197813:56
Full Moon (after)Sunday, April 23, 197804:11

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Monday, April 17, 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.