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The Moon on Friday, October 27, 1978: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 19.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 11°

Moon age

25.2days

Moon phase on October 27, 1978Waning Crescent

Friday 27 October 1978397,080 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 27, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.2% of its visible face lit, 25.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.2 dMoon age
397,080 km246,734 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (12°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 1978 is on Monday, October 16, 1978 at 06:10 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 31, 1978 at 20:07 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, October 24, 197800:34
New Moon (after)Tuesday, October 31, 197820:07

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Friday, October 27, 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.