# Full Moon Calendar 1978

> There are 12 Full Moons and 13 New Moons in 1978. The first Full Moon is the Wolf Moon on January 24 in Leo, and the last is the Cold Moon on December 14 in Gemini. There is no Blue Moon in 1978. The Harvest Moon is on September 16. Two Full Moons are also a lunar eclipse: March 24 (Total Lunar Eclipse) and September 16 (Total Lunar Eclipse). Dates are in UTC; Moon names follow the US Eastern calendar month.

Canonical page: https://www.selfgazer.com/sky/full-moons/1978

## Full Moons

| Date (UTC) | Name | Position | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1978-01-24 07:56 UTC | Wolf Moon | 3°59' Leo |  |
| 1978-02-23 01:27 UTC | Snow Moon | 4°04' Virgo |  |
| 1978-03-24 16:20 UTC | Worm Moon | 3°40' Libra | Total Lunar Eclipse |
| 1978-04-23 04:11 UTC | Pink Moon | 2°39' Scorpio |  |
| 1978-05-22 13:17 UTC | Flower Moon | 1°05' Sagittarius |  |
| 1978-06-20 20:31 UTC | Strawberry Moon | 29°08' Sagittarius |  |
| 1978-07-20 03:05 UTC | Buck Moon | 27°03' Capricorn |  |
| 1978-08-18 10:14 UTC | Sturgeon Moon | 25°07' Aquarius |  |
| 1978-09-16 19:01 UTC | Harvest Moon | 23°33' Pisces | Total Lunar Eclipse |
| 1978-10-16 06:10 UTC | Hunter's Moon | 22°32' Aries |  |
| 1978-11-14 20:00 UTC | Beaver Moon | 22°06' Taurus |  |
| 1978-12-14 12:31 UTC | Cold Moon | 22°10' Gemini |  |

## New Moons

| Date (UTC) | Position | Note |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1978-01-09 04:00 UTC | 18°32' Capricorn |  |
| 1978-02-07 14:54 UTC | 18°29' Aquarius |  |
| 1978-03-09 02:36 UTC | 18°10' Pisces |  |
| 1978-04-07 15:15 UTC | 17°27' Aries | Partial Solar Eclipse |
| 1978-05-07 04:47 UTC | 16°16' Taurus |  |
| 1978-06-05 19:02 UTC | 14°45' Gemini |  |
| 1978-07-05 09:51 UTC | 13°01' Cancer |  |
| 1978-08-04 01:01 UTC | 11°19' Leo |  |
| 1978-09-02 16:09 UTC | 9°50' Virgo |  |
| 1978-10-02 06:41 UTC | 8°43' Libra | Partial Solar Eclipse |
| 1978-10-31 20:07 UTC | 8°03' Scorpio |  |
| 1978-11-30 08:20 UTC | 7°46' Sagittarius |  |
| 1978-12-29 19:36 UTC | 7°44' Capricorn |  |

## Questions

### When Are the Full Moons in 1978?

Wolf Moon: January 24, 1978 at 2:56 AM ET (07:56 UTC), in Leo; Snow Moon: February 22, 1978 at 8:27 PM ET (01:27 UTC on February 23), in Virgo; Worm Moon: March 24, 1978 at 11:20 AM ET (16:20 UTC), in Libra; Pink Moon: April 22, 1978 at 11:11 PM ET (04:11 UTC on April 23), in Scorpio; Flower Moon: May 22, 1978 at 9:17 AM ET (13:17 UTC), in Sagittarius; Strawberry Moon: June 20, 1978 at 4:31 PM ET (20:31 UTC), in Sagittarius; Buck Moon: July 19, 1978 at 11:05 PM ET (03:05 UTC on July 20), in Capricorn; Sturgeon Moon: August 18, 1978 at 6:14 AM ET (10:14 UTC), in Aquarius; Harvest Moon: September 16, 1978 at 3:01 PM ET (19:01 UTC), in Pisces; Hunter's Moon: October 16, 1978 at 2:10 AM ET (06:10 UTC), in Aries; Beaver Moon: November 14, 1978 at 3:00 PM ET (20:00 UTC), in Taurus; Cold Moon: December 14, 1978 at 7:31 AM ET (12:31 UTC), in Gemini.

### When Are the New Moons in 1978?

January 8, 1978 at 11:00 PM ET (04:00 UTC on January 9), in Capricorn; February 7, 1978 at 9:54 AM ET (14:54 UTC), in Aquarius; March 8, 1978 at 9:36 PM ET (02:36 UTC on March 9), in Pisces; April 7, 1978 at 10:15 AM ET (15:15 UTC), in Aries; May 7, 1978 at 12:47 AM ET (04:47 UTC), in Taurus; June 5, 1978 at 3:02 PM ET (19:02 UTC), in Gemini; July 5, 1978 at 5:51 AM ET (09:51 UTC), in Cancer; August 3, 1978 at 9:01 PM ET (01:01 UTC on August 4), in Leo; September 2, 1978 at 12:09 PM ET (16:09 UTC), in Virgo; October 2, 1978 at 2:41 AM ET (06:41 UTC), in Libra; October 31, 1978 at 3:07 PM ET (20:07 UTC), in Scorpio; November 30, 1978 at 3:20 AM ET (08:20 UTC), in Sagittarius; December 29, 1978 at 2:36 PM ET (19:36 UTC), in Capricorn.

### Is There a Blue Moon in 1978?

No. No calendar month in 1978 has two Full Moons in US Eastern time.

### When Is the Harvest Moon in 1978?

The Harvest Moon, the Full Moon nearest the September equinox, is on September 16, 1978 at 3:01 PM ET (19:01 UTC), in Pisces.

### Where Do the Full Moon Names Come From?

The names (Wolf, Snow, Worm, Pink, Flower, Strawberry, Buck, Sturgeon, Corn, Hunter's, Beaver and Cold) are traditional North American names popularized by farmers' almanacs. They belong to the month, not to the zodiac sign the Moon is in.

### Why Do Some Calendars List a Different Date?

Most astrology sites print a single date without a time zone. An ingress at 10:49 PM in New York is already the next day in London and Sydney, so two correct sources can disagree by a day. Selfgazer gives every time in both US Eastern time and UTC, and the tables switch to your own time zone in the browser.

## Method

Positions are geocentric and tropical: apparent longitudes on the true ecliptic and equinox of date, corrected for light time and aberration. They are computed with the open-source Astronomy Engine library (VSOP87 planetary theory) and agree with the Swiss Ephemeris to within about one arcminute. The North Node is the mean node. Times are given in UTC and US Eastern time.

Source: [Selfgazer](https://www.selfgazer.com/sky/full-moons/1978). Free to cite with a link to the source page.