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The Moon on Tuesday, April 24, 1979: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 06°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on April 24, 1979Waning Crescent

Tuesday 24 April 1979368,507 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 24, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.5% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.5%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
368,507 km228,979 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (7°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 24, 1979 is on Thursday, April 12, 1979 at 13:15 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 26, 1979 at 13:15 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around April 24

More about this date

Tuesday, April 24, 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.