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The Moon on Monday, July 24, 1978: Waning Gibbous, 75% lit

Waning · 75.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 01°

Moon age

19.1days

Moon phase on July 24, 1978Waning Gibbous

Monday 24 July 1978374,378 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 24, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 75.1% of its visible face lit, 19.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

75.1%Illumination at noon UTC
19.1 dMoon age
374,378 km232,627 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (1°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 24, 1978 is on Thursday, July 20, 1978 at 03:05 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 4, 1978 at 01:01 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around July 24

More about this date

Monday, July 24, 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.