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The Moon on Tuesday, July 10, 1979: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

16.0days

Moon phase on July 10, 1979Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 10 July 1979361,853 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 10, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 16.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
16.0 dMoon age
361,853 km224,845 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (27°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 10, 1979 is on Monday, July 9, 1979 at 19:59 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 24, 1979 at 01:41 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, July 9, 197919:59
Last Quarter (after)Monday, July 16, 197910:59

The Moon around July 10

More about this date

Tuesday, July 10, 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.