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The Moon on Thursday, October 12, 1978: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 82.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 29°

Moon age

10.2days

Moon phase on October 12, 1978Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 12 October 1978369,032 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 12, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.9% of its visible face lit, 10.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.9%Illumination at noon UTC
10.2 dMoon age
369,032 km229,306 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (30°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 1978 is on Monday, October 16, 1978 at 06:10 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 2, 1978 at 06:41 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Thursday, October 12, 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.