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Moon phase calendar 1979

Full moons
12
New moons
12
Supermoons
4
Blue moons
0
Lunar eclipses
2

1979 has 12 full moons and 12 new moons. 4 full moons are supermoons. There are 2 lunar eclipses. All times are UTC.

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All moon phases in 1979 (UTC)

New MoonFirst QuarterFull MoonLast Quarter
–Jan 5 11:15Jan 13 07:09Jan 21 11:24
Jan 28 06:20Feb 4 00:37Feb 12 02:40Feb 20 01:17
Feb 26 16:45Mar 5 16:23Mar 13 21:14Mar 21 11:22
Mar 28 03:00Apr 4 09:57Apr 12 13:15Apr 19 18:30
Apr 26 13:15May 4 04:26May 12 02:01May 18 23:57
May 26 00:01Jun 2 22:38Jun 10 11:55Jun 17 05:01
Jun 24 11:58Jul 2 15:24Jul 9 19:59Jul 16 10:59
Jul 24 01:41Aug 1 05:58Aug 8 03:21Aug 14 19:02
Aug 22 17:11Aug 30 18:09Sep 6 10:59Sep 13 06:16
Sep 21 09:47Sep 29 04:20Oct 5 19:35Oct 12 21:24
Oct 21 02:23Oct 28 13:06Nov 4 05:47Nov 11 16:24
Nov 19 18:04Nov 26 21:09Dec 3 18:08Dec 11 13:59
Dec 19 08:24Dec 26 05:11––

Full moons of 1979 and their names

1979 has 12 full moons, from the Wolf Moon on January 13 to the Cold Moon on December 3.

Date (UTC)NameDistanceNotes
Saturday, January 13, 1979, 07:09Wolf Moon405,177 kmMicromoon
Monday, February 12, 1979, 02:40Snow Moon406,068 kmMicromoon
Tuesday, March 13, 1979, 21:14Worm Moon401,463 kmPartial lunar eclipse
Thursday, April 12, 1979, 13:15Pink Moon392,745 km
Saturday, May 12, 1979, 02:01Flower Moon382,107 km
Sunday, June 10, 1979, 11:55Strawberry Moon371,710 km
Monday, July 9, 1979, 19:59Buck Moon363,302 kmSupermoon
Wednesday, August 8, 1979, 03:21Sturgeon Moon358,167 kmSupermoon
Thursday, September 6, 1979, 10:59Corn Moon357,142 kmClosest supermoon of the yearTotal lunar eclipse
Friday, October 5, 1979, 19:35Harvest Moon360,550 kmSupermoon
Sunday, November 4, 1979, 05:47Beaver Moon (also Hunter's Moon)368,047 km
Monday, December 3, 1979, 18:08Cold Moon378,470 km

Full moons · 1979

Twelve full moons, four super

Month by month

In 1979, the 12 new moons run from January 28 to December 19, and each month below shows the Moon's phase day by day.