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The Moon on Friday, July 7, 1978: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 07°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on July 7, 1978Waxing Crescent

Friday 7 July 1978405,795 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 7, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.0% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.0%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
405,795 km252,149 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (8°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 7, 1978 is on Thursday, July 20, 1978 at 03:05 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 5, 1978 at 09:51 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, July 5, 197809:51
First Quarter (after)Thursday, July 13, 197810:49

The Moon around July 7

More about this date

Friday, July 7, 1978 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 5, 1978 to the new moon of August 4, 1978, a cycle of 29.63 days.