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The Moon on Tuesday, April 10, 1979: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 26°

Moon age

13.4days

Moon phase on April 10, 1979Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 10 April 1979399,398 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 10, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.9% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.9%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
399,398 km248,174 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (27°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 10, 1979 is on Thursday, April 12, 1979 at 13:15 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 28, 1979 at 03:00 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 10

More about this date

Tuesday, April 10, 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.