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The Moon on Monday, October 15, 1979: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 26.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 20°

Moon age

24.1days

Moon phase on October 15, 1979Waning Crescent

Monday 15 October 1979404,499 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 15, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 26.1% of its visible face lit, 24.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

26.1%Illumination at noon UTC
24.1 dMoon age
404,499 km251,344 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (20°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 1979 is on Friday, October 5, 1979 at 19:35 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 21, 1979 at 02:23 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Monday, October 15, 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.