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The Moon on Thursday, April 27, 1978: Waning Gibbous, 76% lit

Waning · 76.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 05°

Moon age

19.9days

Moon phase on April 27, 1978Waning Gibbous

Thursday 27 April 1978366,638 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 27, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 76.3% of its visible face lit, 19.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

76.3%Illumination at noon UTC
19.9 dMoon age
366,638 km227,818 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (5°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 1978 is on Sunday, April 23, 1978 at 04:11 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 7, 1978 at 04:47 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Thursday, April 27, 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.