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The Moon on Monday, February 5, 1979: Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit

Waxing · 64.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 03°

Moon age

8.2days

Moon phase on February 5, 1979Waxing Gibbous

Monday 5 February 1979393,986 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 5, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 64.9% of its visible face lit, 8.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

64.9%Illumination at noon UTC
8.2 dMoon age
393,986 km244,812 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (3°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 5, 1979 is on Monday, February 12, 1979 at 02:40 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 28, 1979 at 06:20 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, February 4, 197900:37
Full Moon (after)Monday, February 12, 197902:40

The Moon around February 5

More about this date

Monday, February 5, 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.