Moon Phases Calendar August 1979

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«August 1979»
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
right
Wednesday, August 1st, 1979
First Quarter
2
right
Thursday, August 2nd, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
3
right
Friday, August 3rd, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
4
right
Saturday, August 4th, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
5
right
Sunday, August 5th, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
6
right
Monday, August 6th, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
7
Tuesday, August 7th, 1979
Full Moon
8
Wednesday, August 8th, 1979
Full Moon
9
right
Thursday, August 9th, 1979
Waning Gibbous
10
right
Friday, August 10th, 1979
Waning Gibbous
11
right
Saturday, August 11th, 1979
Waning Gibbous
12
right
Sunday, August 12th, 1979
Waning Gibbous
13
right
Monday, August 13th, 1979
Waning Gibbous
14
right
Tuesday, August 14th, 1979
Waning Gibbous
15
right
Wednesday, August 15th, 1979
Last Quarter
16
right
Thursday, August 16th, 1979
Last Quarter
17
left
right
Friday, August 17th, 1979
Waning Cresent
18
left
right
Saturday, August 18th, 1979
Waning Cresent
19
left
right
Sunday, August 19th, 1979
Waning Cresent
20
left
right
Monday, August 20th, 1979
Waning Cresent
21
left
right
Tuesday, August 21st, 1979
Waning Cresent
22
left
right
Wednesday, August 22nd, 1979
New Moon
23
left
right
Thursday, August 23rd, 1979
New Moon
24
left
right
Friday, August 24th, 1979
Waxing Cresent
25
left
right
Saturday, August 25th, 1979
Waxing Cresent
26
left
right
Sunday, August 26th, 1979
Waxing Cresent
27
left
right
Monday, August 27th, 1979
Waxing Cresent
28
left
right
Tuesday, August 28th, 1979
Waxing Cresent
29
left
right
Wednesday, August 29th, 1979
Waxing Cresent
30
right
Thursday, August 30th, 1979
First Quarter
31
right
Friday, August 31st, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
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Diagram explaining the moon phases

This diagram shows the relative positions of the Sun, the Moon and earth and explains how the different moon phases appear.

The visible part of the moon is the part of the moon's surface that gets hit by the sunlight. The rest of the moon disc is almost invisible.

The moon phases are not caused by the shadow of the earth on to the moon. It is the moon's own shadow at the part of its surface that is not hit by the sunlight.

In other words, the visible "sunny" part is made of the places where there is "day" on the moon and the shadow part is where there is "night".

Moon phases diagram explained. Sun, Earth, Moon

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech.