New moon dates 1978
- 1978: 13 × new moon — 9 January 1978, 7 February 1978, 9 March 1978, 7 April 1978, 7 May 1978, 5 June 1978, 5 July 1978, 4 August 1978, 2 September 1978, 2 October 1978, 31 October 1978, 30 November 1978, 29 December 1978.
New moon dates 1978
| Date | Time (UTC) | |
|---|---|---|
| Mon 9 Jan | 03:59 | passed |
| Tue 7 Feb | 14:53 | passed |
| Thu 9 Mar | 02:35 | passed |
| Fri 7 Apr | 15:14 | passed |
| Sun 7 May | 04:46 | passed |
| Mon 5 Jun | 19:01 | passed |
| Wed 5 Jul | 09:50 | passed |
| Fri 4 Aug | 01:00 | passed |
| Sat 2 Sep | 16:08 | passed |
| Mon 2 Oct | 06:40 | passed |
| Tue 31 Oct | 20:06 | passed |
| Thu 30 Nov | 08:19 | passed |
| Fri 29 Dec | 19:35 | passed |
Questions people ask
What is a moon day?
A moon day counts the days since the last new moon: the first moon day starts at the new moon, the fifteenth around the full moon. The count on this page is the whole number of days since the last new moon plus one.
Is the moon waxing or waning?
Waxing means the lit part is growing (from new moon to full moon); waning means it is shrinking (from full moon to new moon). In the northern hemisphere a waxing moon is lit on the right.
How are the phase times calculated?
With the algorithms published by Jean Meeus in Astronomical Algorithms (1998), including the periodic terms, which give the phase instants to about one minute.