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The Moon on Saturday, August 4, 1979: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 82.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 21°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on August 4, 1979Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 4 August 1979372,998 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 4, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.1% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
372,998 km231,770 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (22°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 4, 1979 is on Wednesday, August 8, 1979 at 03:21 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 24, 1979 at 01:41 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 1, 197905:58
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, August 8, 197903:21

The Moon around August 4

More about this date

Saturday, August 4, 1979 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 24, 1979 to the new moon of August 22, 1979, a cycle of 29.65 days.