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The Moon on Friday, January 26, 1979: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 4.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 10°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on January 26, 1979Waning Crescent

Friday 26 January 1979360,310 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 26, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.9% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
360,310 km223,886 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (11°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 26, 1979 is on Saturday, January 13, 1979 at 07:09 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 28, 1979 at 06:20 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, January 21, 197911:24
New Moon (after)Sunday, January 28, 197906:20

The Moon around January 26

More about this date

Friday, January 26, 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.