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The Moon on Friday, August 11, 1978: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 46.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 14°

First Quarter at

20:07UTC

Moon phase on August 11, 1978First Quarter

Friday 11 August 1978379,712 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 11, 1978, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.4% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
379,712 km235,942 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (14°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 11, 1978 is on Friday, August 18, 1978 at 10:14 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 4, 1978 at 01:01 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, August 4, 197801:01
First Quarter (this day)Friday, August 11, 197820:07
Full Moon (after)Friday, August 18, 197810:14

The Moon around August 11

More about this date

Friday, August 11, 1978 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 4, 1978 to the new moon of September 2, 1978, a cycle of 29.63 days.