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The Moon on Friday, July 14, 1978: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 61.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 04°

Moon age

9.1days

Moon phase on July 14, 1978Waxing Gibbous

Friday 14 July 1978378,672 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 14, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.3% of its visible face lit, 9.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.1 dMoon age
378,672 km235,296 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (5°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 14, 1978 is on Thursday, July 20, 1978 at 03:05 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 5, 1978 at 09:51 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, July 13, 197810:49
Full Moon (after)Thursday, July 20, 197803:05

The Moon around July 14

More about this date

Friday, July 14, 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.