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The Moon on Sunday, April 15, 1979: Waning Gibbous, 91% lit

Waning · 90.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 00°

Moon age

18.4days

Moon phase on April 15, 1979Waning Gibbous

Sunday 15 April 1979382,712 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 15, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.6% of its visible face lit, 18.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.4 dMoon age
382,712 km237,806 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (0°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 15, 1979 is on Thursday, April 12, 1979 at 13:15 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 26, 1979 at 13:15 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, April 12, 197913:15
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, April 19, 197918:30

The Moon around April 15

More about this date

Sunday, April 15, 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.