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The Moon on Thursday, July 27, 1978: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 44.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 10°

Moon age

22.1days

Moon phase on July 27, 1978Waning Crescent

Thursday 27 July 1978392,161 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 27, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 44.4% of its visible face lit, 22.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

44.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.1 dMoon age
392,161 km243,678 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (11°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 1978 is on Thursday, July 20, 1978 at 03:05 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 4, 1978 at 01:01 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, July 26, 197822:31
New Moon (after)Friday, August 4, 197801:01

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Thursday, July 27, 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.