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The Moon on Friday, April 28, 1978: Waning Gibbous, 66% lit

Waning · 65.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 19°

Moon age

20.9days

Moon phase on April 28, 1978Waning Gibbous

Friday 28 April 1978368,200 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 28, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 65.7% of its visible face lit, 20.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

65.7%Illumination at noon UTC
20.9 dMoon age
368,200 km228,789 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (20°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 28, 1978 is on Sunday, April 23, 1978 at 04:11 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 7, 1978 at 04:47 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around April 28

More about this date

Friday, April 28, 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.