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The Moon on Tuesday, July 11, 1978: Waxing Crescent, 31% lit

Waxing · 30.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 25°

Moon age

6.1days

Moon phase on July 11, 1978Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 11 July 1978394,855 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 11, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 30.7% of its visible face lit, 6.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

30.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.1 dMoon age
394,855 km245,352 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (26°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 11, 1978 is on Thursday, July 20, 1978 at 03:05 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 5, 1978 at 09:51 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 11

More about this date

Tuesday, July 11, 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.