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The Moon on Thursday, November 9, 1978: Waxing Gibbous, 70% lit

Waxing · 70.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 10°

Moon age

8.7days

Moon phase on November 9, 1978Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 9 November 1978373,385 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 9, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 70.2% of its visible face lit, 8.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

70.2%Illumination at noon UTC
8.7 dMoon age
373,385 km232,010 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (10°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 9, 1978 is on Tuesday, November 14, 1978 at 20:00 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 31, 1978 at 20:07 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, November 7, 197816:18
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, November 14, 197820:00

The Moon around November 9

More about this date

Thursday, November 9, 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.