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The Moon on Tuesday, December 4, 1979: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 21°

Moon age

14.7days

Moon phase on December 4, 1979Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 4 December 1979381,519 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 4, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 14.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
14.7 dMoon age
381,519 km237,065 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (21°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 4, 1979 is on Monday, December 3, 1979 at 18:08 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 19, 1979 at 18:04 UTC, 15 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, December 3, 197918:08
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, December 11, 197913:59

The Moon around December 4

More about this date

Tuesday, December 4, 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.