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The Moon on Thursday, September 28, 1978: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 13.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 21°

Moon age

25.8days

Moon phase on September 28, 1978Waning Crescent

Thursday 28 September 1978401,828 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 28, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.6% of its visible face lit, 25.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.8 dMoon age
401,828 km249,685 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (22°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 28, 1978 is on Saturday, September 16, 1978 at 19:01 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 2, 1978 at 06:41 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around September 28

More about this date

Thursday, September 28, 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.