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The Moon on Friday, October 19, 1979: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 07°

Moon age

28.1days

Moon phase on October 19, 1979Waning Crescent

Friday 19 October 1979402,434 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 19, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.5% of its visible face lit, 28.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.1 dMoon age
402,434 km250,061 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (8°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 19, 1979 is on Friday, October 5, 1979 at 19:35 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 21, 1979 at 02:23 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around October 19

More about this date

Friday, October 19, 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.