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The Moon on Wednesday, April 4, 1979: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 51.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 15°

First Quarter at

09:57UTC

Moon phase on April 4, 1979First Quarter

Wednesday 4 April 1979400,732 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 4, 1979, the Moon was a First Quarter: 51.0% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

51.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
400,732 km249,003 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (15°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 4, 1979 is on Thursday, April 12, 1979 at 13:15 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 28, 1979 at 03:00 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, March 28, 197903:00
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, April 4, 197909:57
Full Moon (after)Thursday, April 12, 197913:15

The Moon around April 4

More about this date

Wednesday, April 4, 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.