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The Moon on Friday, September 29, 1978: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 7.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 03°

Moon age

26.8days

Moon phase on September 29, 1978Waning Crescent

Friday 29 September 1978399,088 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 29, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.7% of its visible face lit, 26.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.8 dMoon age
399,088 km247,981 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (4°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 29, 1978 is on Saturday, September 16, 1978 at 19:01 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 2, 1978 at 06:41 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around September 29

More about this date

Friday, September 29, 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.