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The Moon on Tuesday, October 24, 1978: Last Quarter, 46% lit

Waning · 45.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 05°

Last Quarter at

00:34UTC

Moon phase on October 24, 1978Last Quarter

Tuesday 24 October 1978404,154 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 24, 1978, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 45.6% of its visible face lit, 22.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

45.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.2 dMoon age
404,154 km251,130 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (6°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 24, 1978 is on Monday, October 16, 1978 at 06:10 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 31, 1978 at 20:07 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, October 16, 197806:10
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, October 24, 197800:34
New Moon (after)Tuesday, October 31, 197820:07

The Moon around October 24

More about this date

Tuesday, October 24, 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.