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The Moon on Tuesday, April 3, 1979: Waxing Crescent, 41% lit

Waxing · 41.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 02°

Moon age

6.4days

Moon phase on April 3, 1979Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 3 April 1979396,965 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 3, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 41.3% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

41.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
396,965 km246,663 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (3°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 3, 1979 is on Thursday, April 12, 1979 at 13:15 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 28, 1979 at 03:00 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 3

More about this date

Tuesday, April 3, 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.