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The Moon on Monday, October 30, 1978: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 20°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on October 30, 1978Waning Crescent

Monday 30 October 1978383,699 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 30, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.1% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.1%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
383,699 km238,420 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (20°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 30, 1978 is on Monday, October 16, 1978 at 06:10 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 31, 1978 at 20:07 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around October 30

More about this date

Monday, October 30, 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.