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The Moon on Saturday, December 29, 1979: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 83.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 19°

Moon age

10.1days

Moon phase on December 29, 1979Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 29 December 1979377,534 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 29, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.6% of its visible face lit, 10.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.6%Illumination at noon UTC
10.1 dMoon age
377,534 km234,588 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (19°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 29, 1979 is on Wednesday, January 2, 1980 at 09:02 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 19, 1979 at 08:24 UTC, 10 days earlier.

The Moon around December 29

More about this date

Saturday, December 29, 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.