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The Moon on Saturday, April 28, 1979: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 4.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 02°

Moon age

1.9days

Moon phase on April 28, 1979Waxing Crescent

Saturday 28 April 1979382,852 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 28, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.8% of its visible face lit, 1.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.9 dMoon age
382,852 km237,893 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (2°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 28, 1979 is on Saturday, May 12, 1979 at 02:01 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 26, 1979 at 13:15 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 28

More about this date

Saturday, April 28, 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.