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The Moon on Friday, July 6, 1984: Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit

Waxing · 57.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 22°

Moon age

7.4days

Moon phase on July 6, 1984Waxing Gibbous

Friday 6 July 1984371,903 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 6, 1984, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 57.2% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

57.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
371,903 km231,090 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (23°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 6, 1984 is on Friday, July 13, 1984 at 02:20 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 29, 1984 at 03:19 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, July 5, 198421:04
Full Moon (after)Friday, July 13, 198402:20

The Moon around July 6

More about this date

Friday, July 6, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 29, 1984 to the new moon of July 28, 1984, a cycle of 29.36 days.