Moon Phases 1978 — LCMS Lutheran

Blue moon in 1978: May 22 (third of four in spring)

Last quarter Mon, January 2 · 12:07 UT

New moon Mon, January 9 · 03:59 UT

First quarter Mon, January 16 · 03:02 UT

Full moon Tue, January 24 · 07:55 UT

Last quarter Tue, January 31 · 23:50 UT

New moon Tue, February 7 · 14:53 UT

First quarter Tue, February 14 · 22:10 UT

Full moon Thu, February 23 · 01:25 UT

Last quarter Thu, March 2 · 08:34 UT

New moon Thu, March 9 · 02:36 UT

First quarter Thu, March 16 · 18:21 UT

Full moon Fri, March 24 · 16:19 UT

Last quarter Fri, March 31 · 15:10 UT

New moon Fri, April 7 · 15:15 UT

First quarter Sat, April 15 · 13:55 UT

Full moon Sun, April 23 · 04:10 UT

Last quarter Sat, April 29 · 21:01 UT

New moon Sun, May 7 · 04:46 UT

First quarter Mon, May 15 · 07:39 UT

Full moon Mon, May 22 · 13:16 UT

Last quarter Mon, May 29 · 03:30 UT

New moon Mon, June 5 · 19:01 UT

First quarter Tue, June 13 · 22:44 UT

Full moon Tue, June 20 · 20:30 UT

Last quarter Tue, June 27 · 11:44 UT

New moon Wed, July 5 · 09:50 UT

First quarter Thu, July 13 · 10:49 UT

Full moon Thu, July 20 · 03:05 UT

Last quarter Wed, July 26 · 22:31 UT

New moon Fri, August 4 · 01:00 UT

First quarter Fri, August 11 · 20:06 UT

Full moon Fri, August 18 · 10:14 UT

Last quarter Fri, August 25 · 12:17 UT

New moon Sat, September 2 · 16:08 UT

First quarter Sun, September 10 · 03:20 UT

Full moon Sat, September 16 · 19:01 UT

Last quarter Sun, September 24 · 05:07 UT

New moon Mon, October 2 · 06:40 UT

First quarter Mon, October 9 · 09:37 UT

Full moon Mon, October 16 · 06:10 UT

Last quarter Tue, October 24 · 00:33 UT

New moon Tue, October 31 · 20:06 UT

First quarter Tue, November 7 · 16:18 UT

Full moon Tue, November 14 · 20:00 UT

Last quarter Wed, November 22 · 21:24 UT

New moon Thu, November 30 · 08:19 UT

First quarter Thu, December 7 · 00:33 UT

Full moon Thu, December 14 · 12:31 UT

Last quarter Fri, December 22 · 17:41 UT

New moon Fri, December 29 · 19:35 UT

The moon behind Easter

Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after the spring equinox — but the Church reckons this with a tabular ("ecclesiastical") moon and a fixed equinox of March 21, not the astronomical sky. The two usually agree to the day, but not always.

Ecclesiastical (computus)

Equinox (fixed)March 21

Paschal full moonMarch 23

Golden number3

Astronomical

Nearest full moonMarch 24

Time16:19 UT

Difference 1 day

Easter 1978 falls on March 26, 1978.

Moon Phases — 1978

The moon behind Easter