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The Moon on Saturday, April 22, 1978: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 23°

Moon age

14.9days

Moon phase on April 22, 1978Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 22 April 1978374,503 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 22, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 14.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
14.9 dMoon age
374,503 km232,705 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (23°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 22, 1978 is on Sunday, April 23, 1978 at 04:11 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 7, 1978 at 04:47 UTC, 15 days later.

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

The Moon around April 22

More about this date

Saturday, April 22, 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.