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The Moon on Friday, July 20, 1979: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 12.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 16°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on July 20, 1979Waning Crescent

Friday 20 July 1979392,643 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 20, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.3% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.3%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
392,643 km243,977 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (17°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 20, 1979 is on Monday, July 9, 1979 at 19:59 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 24, 1979 at 01:41 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around July 20

More about this date

Friday, July 20, 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.