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The Moon on Wednesday, July 2, 1969: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 89.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 18°

Moon age

17.5days

Moon phase on July 2, 1969Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 2 July 1969362,815 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 2, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.5% of its visible face lit, 17.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.5 dMoon age
362,815 km225,443 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (18°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 2, 1969 is on Sunday, June 29, 1969 at 20:04 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 14, 1969 at 14:12 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, June 29, 196920:04
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, July 6, 196913:17

The Moon around July 2

More about this date

Wednesday, July 2, 1969 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 14, 1969 to the new moon of July 14, 1969, a cycle of 29.63 days.