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The Moon on Monday, April 9, 1979: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 91.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 14°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on April 9, 1979Waxing Gibbous

Monday 9 April 1979401,998 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 9, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.2% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
401,998 km249,790 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (14°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around April 9

More about this date

Monday, April 9, 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.