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The Moon on Sunday, July 20, 1969: Waxing Crescent, 30% lit

Waxing · 29.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 03°

Moon age

5.9days

Moon phase on July 20, 1969Waxing Crescent

Sunday 20 July 1969391,083 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 20, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 29.7% of its visible face lit, 5.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.9 dMoon age
391,083 km243,008 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (3°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 20, 1969 is on Tuesday, July 29, 1969 at 02:45 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 14, 1969 at 14:12 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, July 14, 196914:12
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, July 22, 196912:10

The Moon around July 20

More about this date

Sunday, July 20, 1969 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 14, 1969 to the new moon of August 13, 1969, a cycle of 29.63 days.