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The Moon on Monday, September 11, 1978: Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit

Waxing · 65.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 06°

Moon age

8.8days

Moon phase on September 11, 1978Waxing Gibbous

Monday 11 September 1978368,479 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 11, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 65.5% of its visible face lit, 8.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

65.5%Illumination at noon UTC
8.8 dMoon age
368,479 km228,962 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (6°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 11, 1978 is on Saturday, September 16, 1978 at 19:01 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 2, 1978 at 16:09 UTC, 9 days earlier.

The Moon around September 11

More about this date

Monday, September 11, 1978 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 2, 1978 to the new moon of October 2, 1978, a cycle of 29.61 days.