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The Moon on Saturday, November 11, 1978: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 87.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 07°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on November 11, 1978Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 11 November 1978378,040 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 11, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.8% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
378,040 km234,903 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (8°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 11, 1978 is on Tuesday, November 14, 1978 at 20:00 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 31, 1978 at 20:07 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 11

More about this date

Saturday, November 11, 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.