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The Moon on Wednesday, September 27, 1978: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 20.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 09°

Moon age

24.8days

Moon phase on September 27, 1978Waning Crescent

Wednesday 27 September 1978403,750 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 27, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.9% of its visible face lit, 24.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.9%Illumination at noon UTC
24.8 dMoon age
403,750 km250,878 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (10°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 27, 1978 is on Saturday, September 16, 1978 at 19:01 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 2, 1978 at 06:41 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, September 24, 197805:08
New Moon (after)Monday, October 2, 197806:41

The Moon around September 27

More about this date

Wednesday, September 27, 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.