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The Moon on Tuesday, October 2, 1979: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 84.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 22°

Moon age

11.1days

Moon phase on October 2, 1979Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 2 October 1979363,022 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 2, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.6% of its visible face lit, 11.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.1 dMoon age
363,022 km225,572 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (22°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 2, 1979 is on Friday, October 5, 1979 at 19:35 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 21, 1979 at 09:47 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, September 29, 197904:20
Full Moon (after)Friday, October 5, 197919:35

The Moon around October 2

More about this date

Tuesday, October 2, 1979 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 21, 1979 to the new moon of October 21, 1979, a cycle of 29.69 days.