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The Moon on Wednesday, July 4, 1979: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 68.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 03°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on July 4, 1979Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 4 July 1979390,415 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 4, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 68.2% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
390,415 km242,593 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (3°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 4, 1979 is on Monday, July 9, 1979 at 19:59 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 24, 1979 at 11:58 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 4

More about this date

Wednesday, July 4, 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.