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The Moon on Tuesday, July 22, 1969: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 50.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 29°

First Quarter at

12:10UTC

Moon phase on July 22, 1969First Quarter

Tuesday 22 July 1969380,841 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 22, 1969, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.0% of its visible face lit, 7.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.9 dMoon age
380,841 km236,644 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (29°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 22, 1969 is on Tuesday, July 29, 1969 at 02:45 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 14, 1969 at 14:12 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, July 14, 196914:12
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, July 22, 196912:10
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, July 29, 196902:45

The Moon around July 22

More about this date

Tuesday, July 22, 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.