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The Moon on Saturday, August 19, 1978: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 11°

Moon age

15.5days

Moon phase on August 19, 1978Waning Gibbous

Saturday 19 August 1978363,596 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 19, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.3% of its visible face lit, 15.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.3%Illumination at noon UTC
15.5 dMoon age
363,596 km225,928 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (11°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 19, 1978 is on Friday, August 18, 1978 at 10:14 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 2, 1978 at 16:09 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, August 18, 197810:14
Last Quarter (after)Friday, August 25, 197812:18

The Moon around August 19

More about this date

Saturday, August 19, 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.