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The Moon on Wednesday, April 25, 1979: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 20°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on April 25, 1979Waning Crescent

Wednesday 25 April 1979370,726 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 25, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.5% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
370,726 km230,358 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (21°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 25, 1979 is on Thursday, April 12, 1979 at 13:15 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 26, 1979 at 13:15 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around April 25

More about this date

Wednesday, April 25, 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.