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The Moon on Monday, July 17, 1978: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 89.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 17°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on July 17, 1978Waxing Gibbous

Monday 17 July 1978362,329 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 17, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.6% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
362,329 km225,141 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (17°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 1978 is on Thursday, July 20, 1978 at 03:05 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 5, 1978 at 09:51 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Monday, July 17, 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.