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The Moon on Sunday, July 23, 1978: Waning Gibbous, 84% lit

Waning · 84.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 17°

Moon age

18.1days

Moon phase on July 23, 1978Waning Gibbous

Sunday 23 July 1978368,456 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 23, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 84.2% of its visible face lit, 18.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

84.2%Illumination at noon UTC
18.1 dMoon age
368,456 km228,948 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (17°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 1978 is on Thursday, July 20, 1978 at 03:05 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 4, 1978 at 01:01 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, July 20, 197803:05
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, July 26, 197822:31

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Sunday, July 23, 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.