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The Moon on Friday, April 27, 1979: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 18°

Moon age

0.9days

Moon phase on April 27, 1979Waxing Crescent

Friday 27 April 1979378,123 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 27, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.3% of its visible face lit, 0.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.3%Illumination at noon UTC
0.9 dMoon age
378,123 km234,955 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (19°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 1979 is on Saturday, May 12, 1979 at 02:01 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 26, 1979 at 13:15 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, April 26, 197913:15
First Quarter (after)Friday, May 4, 197904:26

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Friday, April 27, 1979 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 26, 1979 to the new moon of May 26, 1979, a cycle of 29.45 days.