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The Moon on Sunday, October 28, 1979: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 49.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 03°

First Quarter at

13:06UTC

Moon phase on October 28, 1979First Quarter

Sunday 28 October 1979373,289 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 28, 1979, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.6% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
373,289 km231,951 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (4°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 28, 1979 is on Sunday, November 4, 1979 at 05:47 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 21, 1979 at 02:23 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, October 21, 197902:23
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, October 28, 197913:06
Full Moon (after)Sunday, November 4, 197905:47

The Moon around October 28

More about this date

Sunday, October 28, 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.