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The Moon on Thursday, September 14, 1978: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 20°

Moon age

11.8days

Moon phase on September 14, 1978Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 14 September 1978363,642 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 14, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.7% of its visible face lit, 11.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.8 dMoon age
363,642 km225,957 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (20°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 14, 1978 is on Saturday, September 16, 1978 at 19:01 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 2, 1978 at 16:09 UTC, 12 days earlier.

The Moon around September 14

More about this date

Thursday, September 14, 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.