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The Moon on Sunday, April 22, 1979: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 20.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 07°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on April 22, 1979Waning Crescent

Sunday 22 April 1979367,281 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 22, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.6% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
367,281 km228,218 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (8°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 22, 1979 is on Thursday, April 12, 1979 at 13:15 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 26, 1979 at 13:15 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around April 22

More about this date

Sunday, April 22, 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.