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The Moon on Wednesday, July 25, 1979: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 17°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on July 25, 1979Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 25 July 1979405,091 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 25, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.9% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
405,091 km251,712 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (18°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 25, 1979 is on Wednesday, August 8, 1979 at 03:21 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 24, 1979 at 01:41 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, July 24, 197901:41
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 1, 197905:58

The Moon around July 25

More about this date

Wednesday, July 25, 1979 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 24, 1979 to the new moon of August 22, 1979, a cycle of 29.65 days.