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The Moon on Tuesday, July 31, 1979: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 42.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 29°

Moon age

7.4days

Moon phase on July 31, 1979Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 31 July 1979396,070 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 31, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.7% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.7%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
396,070 km246,106 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (29°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 31, 1979 is on Wednesday, August 8, 1979 at 03:21 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 24, 1979 at 01:41 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 31

More about this date

Tuesday, July 31, 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.