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The Moon on Tuesday, August 14, 1979: Last Quarter, 53% lit

Waning · 53.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 17°

Last Quarter at

19:02UTC

Moon phase on August 14, 1979Last Quarter

Tuesday 14 August 1979380,152 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 14, 1979, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 53.3% of its visible face lit, 21.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

53.3%Illumination at noon UTC
21.4 dMoon age
380,152 km236,215 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (17°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 14, 1979 is on Wednesday, August 8, 1979 at 03:21 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 22, 1979 at 17:11 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, August 8, 197903:21
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, August 14, 197919:02
New Moon (after)Wednesday, August 22, 197917:11

The Moon around August 14

More about this date

Tuesday, August 14, 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.