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The Moon on Sunday, September 2, 1979: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 78.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 14°

Moon age

10.8days

Moon phase on September 2, 1979Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 2 September 1979368,872 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 2, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.6% of its visible face lit, 10.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.6%Illumination at noon UTC
10.8 dMoon age
368,872 km229,207 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (14°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 2, 1979 is on Thursday, September 6, 1979 at 10:59 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 22, 1979 at 17:11 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 2

More about this date

Sunday, September 2, 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.