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The Moon on Monday, July 31, 1978: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 11.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 29°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on July 31, 1978Waning Crescent

Monday 31 July 1978405,340 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 31, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.2% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.2%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
405,340 km251,867 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (29°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 31, 1978 is on Thursday, July 20, 1978 at 03:05 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 4, 1978 at 01:01 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around July 31

More about this date

Monday, July 31, 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.