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The Moon on Saturday, October 13, 1979: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 44.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 26°

Moon age

22.1days

Moon phase on October 13, 1979Waning Crescent

Saturday 13 October 1979399,209 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 13, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 44.2% of its visible face lit, 22.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

44.2%Illumination at noon UTC
22.1 dMoon age
399,209 km248,057 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 13, 1979 is on Friday, October 5, 1979 at 19:35 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 21, 1979 at 02:23 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, October 12, 197921:24
New Moon (after)Sunday, October 21, 197902:23

The Moon around October 13

More about this date

Saturday, October 13, 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.