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The Moon on Tuesday, October 30, 1979: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 71.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 02°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on October 30, 1979Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 30 October 1979367,111 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 30, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 71.7% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.7%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
367,111 km228,112 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (2°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 30, 1979 is on Sunday, November 4, 1979 at 05:47 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 21, 1979 at 02:23 UTC, 9 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 30

More about this date

Tuesday, October 30, 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.