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The Moon on Wednesday, October 11, 1978: Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit

Waxing · 73.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 15°

Moon age

9.2days

Moon phase on October 11, 1978Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 11 October 1978368,779 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 11, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 73.4% of its visible face lit, 9.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.4%Illumination at noon UTC
9.2 dMoon age
368,779 km229,149 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (16°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 11, 1978 is on Monday, October 16, 1978 at 06:10 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 2, 1978 at 06:41 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, October 9, 197809:38
Full Moon (after)Monday, October 16, 197806:10

The Moon around October 11

More about this date

Wednesday, October 11, 1978 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 2, 1978 to the new moon of October 31, 1978, a cycle of 29.56 days.