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The Moon on Tuesday, July 18, 1978: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 02°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on July 18, 1978Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 18 July 1978358,898 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 18, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.8% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
358,898 km223,009 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (2°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 1978 is on Thursday, July 20, 1978 at 03:05 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 5, 1978 at 09:51 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Tuesday, July 18, 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.