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The Moon on Friday, April 6, 1979: Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit

Waxing · 69.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 08°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on April 6, 1979Waxing Gibbous

Friday 6 April 1979404,686 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 6, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 69.5% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

69.5%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
404,686 km251,460 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (9°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, April 4, 197909:57
Full Moon (after)Thursday, April 12, 197913:15

The Moon around April 6

More about this date

Friday, April 6, 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.