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The Moon on Saturday, February 17, 1979: Waning Gibbous, 75% lit

Waning · 75.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 27°

Moon age

20.2days

Moon phase on February 17, 1979Waning Gibbous

Saturday 17 February 1979393,419 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 17, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 75.4% of its visible face lit, 20.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

75.4%Illumination at noon UTC
20.2 dMoon age
393,419 km244,459 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (28°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 17, 1979 is on Monday, February 12, 1979 at 02:40 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 26, 1979 at 16:45 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around February 17

More about this date

Saturday, February 17, 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.