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The Moon on Monday, October 29, 1979: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 60.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 17°

Moon age

8.4days

Moon phase on October 29, 1979Waxing Gibbous

Monday 29 October 1979369,956 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 29, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 60.9% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

60.9%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
369,956 km229,880 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (18°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 29, 1979 is on Sunday, November 4, 1979 at 05:47 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 21, 1979 at 02:23 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, October 28, 197913:06
Full Moon (after)Sunday, November 4, 197905:47

The Moon around October 29

More about this date

Monday, October 29, 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.