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The Moon on Monday, January 15, 1979: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 95.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 18°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on January 15, 1979Waning Gibbous

Monday 15 January 1979406,226 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 15, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.7% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.7%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
406,226 km252,417 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (19°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 1979 is on Saturday, January 13, 1979 at 07:09 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 28, 1979 at 06:20 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, January 13, 197907:09
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, January 21, 197911:24

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Monday, January 15, 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.