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The Moon on Monday, April 2, 1979: Waxing Crescent, 32% lit

Waxing · 31.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 20°

Moon age

5.4days

Moon phase on April 2, 1979Waxing Crescent

Monday 2 April 1979392,202 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 2, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 31.7% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

31.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
392,202 km243,703 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (20°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 2, 1979 is on Thursday, April 12, 1979 at 13:15 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 28, 1979 at 03:00 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, March 28, 197903:00
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, April 4, 197909:57

The Moon around April 2

More about this date

Monday, April 2, 1979 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 28, 1979 to the new moon of April 26, 1979, a cycle of 29.43 days.