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The Moon on Friday, July 28, 1978: Waning Crescent, 35% lit

Waning · 34.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 23°

Moon age

23.1days

Moon phase on July 28, 1978Waning Crescent

Friday 28 July 1978396,897 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 28, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 34.7% of its visible face lit, 23.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

34.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.1 dMoon age
396,897 km246,620 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (23°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 28, 1978 is on Thursday, July 20, 1978 at 03:05 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 4, 1978 at 01:01 UTC, 7 days later.

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

The Moon around July 28

More about this date

Friday, July 28, 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.