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The Moon on Sunday, October 29, 1978: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 07°

Moon age

27.2days

Moon phase on October 29, 1978Waning Crescent

Sunday 29 October 1978388,331 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 29, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.2% of its visible face lit, 27.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.2 dMoon age
388,331 km241,298 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (7°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 29, 1978 is on Monday, October 16, 1978 at 06:10 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 31, 1978 at 20:07 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around October 29

More about this date

Sunday, October 29, 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.