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The Moon on Saturday, October 14, 1978: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 28°

Moon age

12.2days

Moon phase on October 14, 1978Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 14 October 1978372,112 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 14, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.2% of its visible face lit, 12.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.2 dMoon age
372,112 km231,220 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (28°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 14, 1978 is on Monday, October 16, 1978 at 06:10 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 2, 1978 at 06:41 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 14

More about this date

Saturday, October 14, 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.