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The Moon on Thursday, May 11, 1978: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 16.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 08°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on May 11, 1978Waxing Crescent

Thursday 11 May 1978404,940 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 11, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.9% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.9%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
404,940 km251,618 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (9°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 11, 1978 is on Monday, May 22, 1978 at 13:17 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 7, 1978 at 04:47 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 7, 197804:47
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 15, 197807:40

The Moon around May 11

More about this date

Thursday, May 11, 1978 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 7, 1978 to the new moon of June 5, 1978, a cycle of 29.59 days.