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The Moon on Saturday, September 23, 1978: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 57.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 22°

Moon age

20.8days

Moon phase on September 23, 1978Waning Gibbous

Saturday 23 September 1978399,976 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 23, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 57.0% of its visible face lit, 20.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

57.0%Illumination at noon UTC
20.8 dMoon age
399,976 km248,533 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (22°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 23, 1978 is on Saturday, September 16, 1978 at 19:01 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 2, 1978 at 06:41 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around September 23

More about this date

Saturday, September 23, 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.