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The Moon on Saturday, April 21, 1979: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 30.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 23°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on April 21, 1979Waning Crescent

Saturday 21 April 1979368,068 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 21, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 30.7% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

30.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
368,068 km228,707 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (24°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 21, 1979 is on Thursday, April 12, 1979 at 13:15 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 26, 1979 at 13:15 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, April 19, 197918:30
New Moon (after)Thursday, April 26, 197913:15

The Moon around April 21

More about this date

Saturday, April 21, 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.