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The Moon on Thursday, December 27, 1979: Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit

Waxing · 64.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 21°

Moon age

8.1days

Moon phase on December 27, 1979Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 27 December 1979373,029 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 27, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 64.4% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

64.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
373,029 km231,789 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (22°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 1979 is on Wednesday, January 2, 1980 at 09:02 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 19, 1979 at 08:24 UTC, 8 days earlier.

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Thursday, December 27, 1979 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 19, 1979 to the new moon of January 17, 1980, a cycle of 29.54 days.