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The Moon on Monday, December 11, 1978: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 90.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 14°

Moon age

11.2days

Moon phase on December 11, 1978Waxing Gibbous

Monday 11 December 1978389,557 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 11, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.9% of its visible face lit, 11.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.9%Illumination at noon UTC
11.2 dMoon age
389,557 km242,060 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (14°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 11, 1978 is on Thursday, December 14, 1978 at 12:31 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 30, 1978 at 08:20 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, December 7, 197800:34
Full Moon (after)Thursday, December 14, 197812:31

The Moon around December 11

More about this date

Monday, December 11, 1978 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 30, 1978 to the new moon of December 29, 1978, a cycle of 29.47 days.