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The Moon on Saturday, September 1, 1979: Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit

Waxing · 68.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 00°

Moon age

9.8days

Moon phase on September 1, 1979Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 1 September 1979374,652 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 1, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 68.6% of its visible face lit, 9.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.8 dMoon age
374,652 km232,798 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (0°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 1, 1979 is on Thursday, September 6, 1979 at 10:59 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 22, 1979 at 17:11 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, August 30, 197918:09
Full Moon (after)Thursday, September 6, 197910:59

The Moon around September 1

More about this date

Saturday, September 1, 1979 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 22, 1979 to the new moon of September 21, 1979, a cycle of 29.69 days.