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The Moon on Saturday, December 1, 1979: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 93.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 09°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on December 1, 1979Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 1 December 1979371,698 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 1, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.5% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.5%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
371,698 km230,963 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (10°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 1, 1979 is on Monday, December 3, 1979 at 18:08 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 19, 1979 at 18:04 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, November 26, 197921:09
Full Moon (after)Monday, December 3, 197918:08

The Moon around December 1

More about this date

Saturday, December 1, 1979 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 19, 1979 to the new moon of December 19, 1979, a cycle of 29.60 days.