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The Moon on Monday, August 14, 1978: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 78.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 26°

Moon age

10.5days

Moon phase on August 14, 1978Waxing Gibbous

Monday 14 August 1978365,241 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 14, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.6% of its visible face lit, 10.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.6%Illumination at noon UTC
10.5 dMoon age
365,241 km226,950 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (26°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, August 11, 197820:07
Full Moon (after)Friday, August 18, 197810:14

The Moon around August 14

More about this date

Monday, August 14, 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.