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The Moon on Monday, April 24, 1978: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 21°

Moon age

16.9days

Moon phase on April 24, 1978Waning Gibbous

Monday 24 April 1978367,903 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 24, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.6% of its visible face lit, 16.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.6%Illumination at noon UTC
16.9 dMoon age
367,903 km228,604 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (22°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 24, 1978 is on Sunday, April 23, 1978 at 04:11 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 7, 1978 at 04:47 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, April 23, 197804:11
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, April 29, 197821:02

The Moon around April 24

More about this date

Monday, April 24, 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.