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Moon phases August 1979

First quarter
Wed 01 Aug
05:58 UTC
Full · Sturgeon
Wed 08 Aug
03:21 UTC
Last quarter
Tue 14 Aug
19:02 UTC
New moon
Wed 22 Aug
17:11 UTC
First quarter
Thu 30 Aug
18:09 UTC

In August 1979 the primary moon phases are the First Quarter on Wednesday, August 1 at 05:58 UTC, the Full Moon on Wednesday, August 8 at 03:21 UTC, the Last Quarter on Tuesday, August 14 at 19:02 UTC, the New Moon on Wednesday, August 22 at 17:11 UTC and the First Quarter on Thursday, August 30 at 18:09 UTC. The full moon is the Sturgeon Moon.

01First Q First Quarter, 53% lit 53%05:58 02 Waxing Gibbous, 63% lit 63% 03 Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit 73% 04 Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit 82% 05 Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit 90% 06 Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit 96% 07 Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 08Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%03:21 09 Waning Gibbous, 97% lit 97% 10 Waning Gibbous, 92% lit 92% 11 Waning Gibbous, 84% lit 84% 12 Waning Gibbous, 75% lit 75% 13 Waning Gibbous, 64% lit 64% 14Last Q Last Quarter, 53% lit 53%19:02 15 Waning Crescent, 43% lit 43% 16 Waning Crescent, 33% lit 33% 17 Waning Crescent, 24% lit 24% 18 Waning Crescent, 16% lit 16% 19 Waning Crescent, 9% lit 9% 20 Waning Crescent, 4% lit 4% 21 Waning Crescent, 1% lit 1% 22New New Moon, 0% lit 0%17:11 23 Waxing Crescent, 1% lit 1% 24 Waxing Crescent, 3% lit 3% 25 Waxing Crescent, 7% lit 7% 26 Waxing Crescent, 12% lit 12% 27 Waxing Crescent, 20% lit 20% 28 Waxing Crescent, 28% lit 28% 29 Waxing Crescent, 37% lit 37% 30First Q First Quarter, 47% lit 47%18:09 31 Waxing Gibbous, 58% lit 58%

Exact phase times

August 1979 has five primary moon phases: the First Quarter on August 1, the Full Moon on August 8, the Last Quarter on August 14, the New Moon on August 22 and the First Quarter on August 30.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
First QuarterWednesday, August 1, 197905:58
Full MoonWednesday, August 8, 197903:21
Last QuarterTuesday, August 14, 197919:02
New MoonWednesday, August 22, 197917:11
First QuarterThursday, August 30, 197918:09

Wednesday, August 8, 1979: Sturgeon Moon, 358,167 km from Earth. Supermoon

Full moons · 1979

Twelve full moons, four super

13 Jan Wolf Micromoon 12 Feb Snow Micromoon 13 Mar Worm partial eclipse 12 Apr Pink 12 May Flower 10 Jun Straw­berry 09 Jul Buck Supermoon 08 Aug Sturgeon Supermoon 06 Sept Corn total eclipse 05 Oct Harvest Supermoon 04 Nov Beaver 03 Dec Cold