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The Moon on Sunday, July 6, 1969: Last Quarter, 51% lit

Waning · 50.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 13°

Last Quarter at

13:17UTC

Moon phase on July 6, 1969Last Quarter

Sunday 6 July 1969385,462 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 6, 1969, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 50.7% of its visible face lit, 21.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

50.7%Illumination at noon UTC
21.5 dMoon age
385,462 km239,515 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (14°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 6, 1969 is on Sunday, June 29, 1969 at 20:04 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 14, 1969 at 14:12 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, June 29, 196920:04
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, July 6, 196913:17
New Moon (after)Monday, July 14, 196914:12

The Moon around July 6

More about this date

Sunday, July 6, 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.