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The Moon on Sunday, February 18, 1979: Waning Gibbous, 66% lit

Waning · 66.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 10°

Moon age

21.2days

Moon phase on February 18, 1979Waning Gibbous

Sunday 18 February 1979388,944 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 18, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 66.2% of its visible face lit, 21.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

66.2%Illumination at noon UTC
21.2 dMoon age
388,944 km241,679 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (10°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 18, 1979 is on Monday, February 12, 1979 at 02:40 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 26, 1979 at 16:45 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around February 18

More about this date

Sunday, February 18, 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.