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The Moon on Saturday, July 14, 1979: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 71.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 25°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on July 14, 1979Waning Gibbous

Saturday 14 July 1979367,277 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 14, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.7% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.7%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
367,277 km228,215 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (26°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 14, 1979 is on Monday, July 9, 1979 at 19:59 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 24, 1979 at 01:41 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around July 14

More about this date

Saturday, July 14, 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.