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The Moon on Tuesday, April 25, 1978: Waning Gibbous, 93% lit

Waning · 92.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 06°

Moon age

17.9days

Moon phase on April 25, 1978Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 25 April 1978366,332 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 25, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.7% of its visible face lit, 17.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.7%Illumination at noon UTC
17.9 dMoon age
366,332 km227,628 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (6°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 25, 1978 is on Sunday, April 23, 1978 at 04:11 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 7, 1978 at 04:47 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around April 25

More about this date

Tuesday, April 25, 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.