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The Moon on Sunday, July 2, 1978: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 7.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 08°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on July 2, 1978Waning Crescent

Sunday 2 July 1978402,477 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 2, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.8% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
402,477 km250,088 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (8°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 2, 1978 is on Tuesday, June 20, 1978 at 20:31 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 5, 1978 at 09:51 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around July 2

More about this date

Sunday, July 2, 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.