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The Moon on Wednesday, July 19, 1978: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 17°

Moon age

14.1days

Moon phase on July 19, 1978Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 19 July 1978357,180 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 19, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 14.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
14.1 dMoon age
357,180 km221,941 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (17°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 19, 1978 is on Thursday, July 20, 1978 at 03:05 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 5, 1978 at 09:51 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, July 13, 197810:49
Full Moon (after)Thursday, July 20, 197803:05

The Moon around July 19

More about this date

Wednesday, July 19, 1978 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 5, 1978 to the new moon of August 4, 1978, a cycle of 29.63 days.