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The Moon on Monday, May 7, 1979: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 79.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 22°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on May 7, 1979Waxing Gibbous

Monday 7 May 1979400,192 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 7, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.6% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.6%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
400,192 km248,668 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (23°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 7, 1979 is on Saturday, May 12, 1979 at 02:01 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 26, 1979 at 13:15 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, May 4, 197904:26
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 12, 197902:01

The Moon around May 7

More about this date

Monday, May 7, 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.