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The Moon on Wednesday, July 18, 1979: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 28.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 20°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on July 18, 1979Waning Crescent

Wednesday 18 July 1979384,706 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 18, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.7% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
384,706 km239,045 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (21°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 1979 is on Monday, July 9, 1979 at 19:59 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 24, 1979 at 01:41 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Wednesday, July 18, 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.