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The Moon on Friday, July 13, 1979: Waning Gibbous, 82% lit

Waning · 81.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 11°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on July 13, 1979Waning Gibbous

Friday 13 July 1979363,987 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 13, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.6% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.6%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
363,987 km226,171 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (11°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 13, 1979 is on Monday, July 9, 1979 at 19:59 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 24, 1979 at 01:41 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around July 13

More about this date

Friday, July 13, 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.