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The Moon on Sunday, July 19, 1981: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 94.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 24°

Moon age

17.7days

Moon phase on July 19, 1981Waning Gibbous

Sunday 19 July 1981384,383 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 19, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.3% of its visible face lit, 17.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.3%Illumination at noon UTC
17.7 dMoon age
384,383 km238,844 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (24°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 19, 1981 is on Friday, July 17, 1981 at 04:39 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 31, 1981 at 03:52 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, July 17, 198104:39
Last Quarter (after)Friday, July 24, 198109:40

The Moon around July 19

More about this date

Sunday, July 19, 1981 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 1, 1981 to the new moon of July 31, 1981, a cycle of 29.37 days.