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The Moon on Monday, August 13, 1979: Waning Gibbous, 64% lit

Waning · 64.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 03°

Moon age

20.4days

Moon phase on August 13, 1979Waning Gibbous

Monday 13 August 1979374,497 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 13, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 64.1% of its visible face lit, 20.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

64.1%Illumination at noon UTC
20.4 dMoon age
374,497 km232,702 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (4°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 13, 1979 is on Wednesday, August 8, 1979 at 03:21 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 22, 1979 at 17:11 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around August 13

More about this date

Monday, August 13, 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.