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The Moon on Saturday, February 3, 1979: Waxing Crescent, 45% lit

Waxing · 44.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 07°

Moon age

6.2days

Moon phase on February 3, 1979Waxing Crescent

Saturday 3 February 1979383,232 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 3, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 44.6% of its visible face lit, 6.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

44.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.2 dMoon age
383,232 km238,129 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (8°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 3, 1979 is on Monday, February 12, 1979 at 02:40 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 28, 1979 at 06:20 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, January 28, 197906:20
First Quarter (after)Sunday, February 4, 197900:37

The Moon around February 3

More about this date

Saturday, February 3, 1979 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 28, 1979 to the new moon of February 26, 1979, a cycle of 29.43 days.