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The Moon on Wednesday, July 12, 1978: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 40.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 08°

Moon age

7.1days

Moon phase on July 12, 1978Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 12 July 1978390,043 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 12, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 40.3% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.3%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
390,043 km242,361 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (8°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 12, 1978 is on Thursday, July 20, 1978 at 03:05 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 5, 1978 at 09:51 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 12

More about this date

Wednesday, July 12, 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.