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The Moon on Thursday, July 19, 1979: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 19.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 03°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on July 19, 1979Waning Crescent

Thursday 19 July 1979388,851 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 19, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.7% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.7%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
388,851 km241,621 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (4°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around July 19

More about this date

Thursday, July 19, 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.