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The Moon on Thursday, July 6, 2079: Waxing Gibbous, 55% lit

Waxing · 55.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 20°

Moon age

7.4days

Moon phase on July 6, 2079Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 6 July 2079395,437 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 6, 2079, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 55.3% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

55.3%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
395,437 km245,713 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (21°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 6, 2079 is on Friday, July 14, 2079 at 03:24 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 29, 2079 at 01:31 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, July 5, 207923:31
Full Moon (after)Friday, July 14, 207903:24

The Moon around July 6

More about this date

Thursday, July 6, 2079 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 29, 2079 to the new moon of July 28, 2079, a cycle of 29.29 days.