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The Moon on Saturday, July 5, 1969: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 61.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 00°

Moon age

20.5days

Moon phase on July 5, 1969Waning Gibbous

Saturday 5 July 1969379,538 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 5, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 61.3% of its visible face lit, 20.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

61.3%Illumination at noon UTC
20.5 dMoon age
379,538 km235,834 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (0°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 5, 1969 is on Sunday, June 29, 1969 at 20:04 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 14, 1969 at 14:12 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around July 5

More about this date

Saturday, July 5, 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.