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The Moon on Monday, April 16, 1979: Waning Gibbous, 83% lit

Waning · 83.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 13°

Moon age

19.4days

Moon phase on April 16, 1979Waning Gibbous

Monday 16 April 1979379,586 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 16, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 83.4% of its visible face lit, 19.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

83.4%Illumination at noon UTC
19.4 dMoon age
379,586 km235,864 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (14°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 1979 is on Thursday, April 12, 1979 at 13:15 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 26, 1979 at 13:15 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Monday, April 16, 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.