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The Moon on Thursday, October 4, 1979: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 22°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on October 4, 1979Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 4 October 1979359,295 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 4, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
359,295 km223,255 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (22°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 4, 1979 is on Friday, October 5, 1979 at 19:35 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 21, 1979 at 09:47 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 4

More about this date

Thursday, October 4, 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.