Waxing · 60.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°
Moon age
8.4days
Moon phase on April 5, 1979Waxing Gibbous
On Thursday, April 5, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 60.4% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.
60.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
403,329 km250,617 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (27°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to April 5, 1979 is on Thursday, April 12, 1979 at 13:15 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 28, 1979 at 03:00 UTC, 8 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Wednesday, April 4, 1979 | 09:57 |
| Full Moon (after) | Thursday, April 12, 1979 | 13:15 |
The Moon around April 5
More about this date
Thursday, April 5, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in April 1979, or the whole moon calendar 1979.
- The same date one year apart: 1978 · 1980.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.