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The Moon on Friday, August 10, 1979: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 91.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 20°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on August 10, 1979Waning Gibbous

Friday 10 August 1979360,470 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 10, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 91.8% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

91.8%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
360,470 km223,985 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (21°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 10, 1979 is on Wednesday, August 8, 1979 at 03:21 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 22, 1979 at 17:11 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, August 8, 197903:21
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, August 14, 197919:02

The Moon around August 10

More about this date

Friday, August 10, 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.