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The Moon on Tuesday, October 9, 1979: Waning Gibbous, 82% lit

Waning · 82.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 05°

Moon age

18.1days

Moon phase on October 9, 1979Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 9 October 1979377,550 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 9, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 82.4% of its visible face lit, 18.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

82.4%Illumination at noon UTC
18.1 dMoon age
377,550 km234,599 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (5°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 9, 1979 is on Friday, October 5, 1979 at 19:35 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 21, 1979 at 02:23 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, October 5, 197919:35
Last Quarter (after)Friday, October 12, 197921:24

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Tuesday, October 9, 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.