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The Moon on Monday, May 1, 1978: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 32.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 01°

Moon age

23.9days

Moon phase on May 1, 1978Waning Crescent

Monday 1 May 1978376,062 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 1, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.2% of its visible face lit, 23.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.9 dMoon age
376,062 km233,674 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (2°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 1, 1978 is on Sunday, April 23, 1978 at 04:11 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 7, 1978 at 04:47 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, April 29, 197821:02
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 7, 197804:47

The Moon around May 1

More about this date

Monday, May 1, 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.