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The Moon on Wednesday, July 11, 1979: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 95.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 11°

Moon age

17.0days

Moon phase on July 11, 1979Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 11 July 1979361,031 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 11, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.9% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.9%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
361,031 km224,334 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (12°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 11, 1979 is on Monday, July 9, 1979 at 19:59 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 24, 1979 at 01:41 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around July 11

More about this date

Wednesday, July 11, 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.