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The Moon on Saturday, July 1, 1978: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 13.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 26°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on July 1, 1978Waning Crescent

Saturday 1 July 1978399,713 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 1, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.7% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.7%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
399,713 km248,370 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (26°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 1, 1978 is on Tuesday, June 20, 1978 at 20:31 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 5, 1978 at 09:51 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, June 27, 197811:44
New Moon (after)Wednesday, July 5, 197809:51

The Moon around July 1

More about this date

Saturday, July 1, 1978 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 5, 1978 to the new moon of July 5, 1978, a cycle of 29.62 days.