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The Moon on Saturday, July 7, 1979: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 92.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 13°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on July 7, 1979Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 7 July 1979373,160 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 7, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.5% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
373,160 km231,871 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (13°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 7, 1979 is on Monday, July 9, 1979 at 19:59 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 24, 1979 at 11:58 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 7

More about this date

Saturday, July 7, 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.