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The Moon on Tuesday, May 29, 1979: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 12.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 18°

Moon age

3.5days

Moon phase on May 29, 1979Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 29 May 1979398,457 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 29, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.6% of its visible face lit, 3.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.5 dMoon age
398,457 km247,590 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (19°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 1979 is on Sunday, June 10, 1979 at 11:55 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 26, 1979 at 00:01 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, May 26, 197900:01
First Quarter (after)Saturday, June 2, 197922:38

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Tuesday, May 29, 1979 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 26, 1979 to the new moon of June 24, 1979, a cycle of 29.50 days.