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The Moon on Friday, September 22, 1978: Waning Gibbous, 66% lit

Waning · 66.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 09°

Moon age

19.8days

Moon phase on September 22, 1978Waning Gibbous

Friday 22 September 1978396,048 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 22, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 66.5% of its visible face lit, 19.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

66.5%Illumination at noon UTC
19.8 dMoon age
396,048 km246,093 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (10°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 22, 1978 is on Saturday, September 16, 1978 at 19:01 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 2, 1978 at 06:41 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, September 16, 197819:01
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, September 24, 197805:08

The Moon around September 22

More about this date

Friday, September 22, 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.