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The Moon on Wednesday, October 31, 1979: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 81.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 16°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on October 31, 1979Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 31 October 1979365,036 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 31, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.6% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.6%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
365,036 km226,823 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (17°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 31, 1979 is on Sunday, November 4, 1979 at 05:47 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 21, 1979 at 02:23 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 31

More about this date

Wednesday, October 31, 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.