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The Moon on Sunday, October 22, 1978: Waning Gibbous, 64% lit

Waning · 64.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 12°

Moon age

20.2days

Moon phase on October 22, 1978Waning Gibbous

Sunday 22 October 1978402,713 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 22, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 64.4% of its visible face lit, 20.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

64.4%Illumination at noon UTC
20.2 dMoon age
402,713 km250,234 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (12°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 22, 1978 is on Monday, October 16, 1978 at 06:10 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 31, 1978 at 20:07 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, October 16, 197806:10
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 24, 197800:34

The Moon around October 22

More about this date

Sunday, October 22, 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.