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The Moon on Friday, October 26, 1979: Waxing Crescent, 28% lit

Waxing · 28.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 06°

Moon age

5.4days

Moon phase on October 26, 1979Waxing Crescent

Friday 26 October 1979380,527 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 26, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.3% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
380,527 km236,448 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (7°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 26, 1979 is on Sunday, November 4, 1979 at 05:47 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 21, 1979 at 02:23 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 26

More about this date

Friday, October 26, 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.