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The Moon on Tuesday, July 17, 1979: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 38.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 07°

Moon age

23.0days

Moon phase on July 17, 1979Waning Crescent

Tuesday 17 July 1979380,291 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 17, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.8% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
380,291 km236,302 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (7°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 1979 is on Monday, July 9, 1979 at 19:59 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 24, 1979 at 01:41 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, July 16, 197910:59
New Moon (after)Tuesday, July 24, 197901:41

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Tuesday, July 17, 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.