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The Moon on Tuesday, July 3, 1979: Waxing Gibbous, 59% lit

Waxing · 58.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 20°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on July 3, 1979Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 3 July 1979395,458 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 3, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 58.5% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

58.5%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
395,458 km245,726 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (21°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 3, 1979 is on Monday, July 9, 1979 at 19:59 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 24, 1979 at 11:58 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, July 2, 197915:24
Full Moon (after)Monday, July 9, 197919:59

The Moon around July 3

More about this date

Tuesday, July 3, 1979 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 24, 1979 to the new moon of July 24, 1979, a cycle of 29.57 days.