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The Moon on Thursday, January 11, 1979: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 96.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 00°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on January 11, 1979Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 11 January 1979402,157 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 11, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.9% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
402,157 km249,889 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (1°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 11, 1979 is on Saturday, January 13, 1979 at 07:09 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 29, 1978 at 19:36 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, January 5, 197911:15
Full Moon (after)Saturday, January 13, 197907:09

The Moon around January 11

More about this date

Thursday, January 11, 1979 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 29, 1978 to the new moon of January 28, 1979, a cycle of 29.45 days.