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The Moon on Tuesday, February 13, 1979: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 09°

Moon age

16.2days

Moon phase on February 13, 1979Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 13 February 1979404,592 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 13, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.3% of its visible face lit, 16.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.3%Illumination at noon UTC
16.2 dMoon age
404,592 km251,402 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (9°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 13, 1979 is on Monday, February 12, 1979 at 02:40 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 26, 1979 at 16:45 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, February 12, 197902:40
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, February 20, 197901:17

The Moon around February 13

More about this date

Tuesday, February 13, 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.