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The Moon on Tuesday, August 7, 1979: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Moon age

14.4days

Moon phase on August 7, 1979Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 7 August 1979359,336 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 7, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 14.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
14.4 dMoon age
359,336 km223,281 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (5°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 7, 1979 is on Wednesday, August 8, 1979 at 03:21 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 24, 1979 at 01:41 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 1, 197905:58
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, August 8, 197903:21

The Moon around August 7

More about this date

Tuesday, August 7, 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.