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The Moon on Wednesday, November 1, 1978: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 17°

Moon age

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Moon phase on November 1, 1978Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 1 November 1978375,595 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 1, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
375,595 km233,384 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (17°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 1, 1978 is on Tuesday, November 14, 1978 at 20:00 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 31, 1978 at 20:07 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, October 31, 197820:07
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, November 7, 197816:18

The Moon around November 1

More about this date

Wednesday, November 1, 1978 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 31, 1978 to the new moon of November 30, 1978, a cycle of 29.51 days.