Waning · 54.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 14°
Last Quarter at
21:24UTC
Moon phase on October 12, 1979Last Quarter
On Friday, October 12, 1979, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 54.0% of its visible face lit, 21.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .
54.0%Illumination at noon UTC
21.1 dMoon age
394,874 km245,363 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to October 12, 1979 is on Friday, October 5, 1979 at 19:35 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 21, 1979 at 02:23 UTC, 9 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Friday, October 5, 1979 | 19:35 |
| Last Quarter (this day) | Friday, October 12, 1979 | 21:24 |
| New Moon (after) | Sunday, October 21, 1979 | 02:23 |
The Moon around October 12
More about this date
Friday, October 12, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in October 1979, or the whole moon calendar 1979.
- The same date one year apart: 1978 · 1980.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.