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The Moon on Thursday, January 18, 1979: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 77.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 24°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on January 18, 1979Waning Gibbous

Thursday 18 January 1979401,586 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 18, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 77.8% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

77.8%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
401,586 km249,534 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (24°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 18, 1979 is on Saturday, January 13, 1979 at 07:09 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 28, 1979 at 06:20 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around January 18

More about this date

Thursday, January 18, 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.