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The Moon on Monday, October 22, 1979: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 14°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on October 22, 1979Waxing Crescent

Monday 22 October 1979394,300 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 22, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.1% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.1%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
394,300 km245,007 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (15°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 22, 1979 is on Sunday, November 4, 1979 at 05:47 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 21, 1979 at 02:23 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, October 21, 197902:23
First Quarter (after)Sunday, October 28, 197913:06

The Moon around October 22

More about this date

Monday, October 22, 1979 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 21, 1979 to the new moon of November 19, 1979, a cycle of 29.65 days.