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The Moon on Wednesday, July 23, 1969: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 60.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 12°

Moon age

8.9days

Moon phase on July 23, 1969Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 23 July 1969375,276 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 23, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 60.9% of its visible face lit, 8.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

60.9%Illumination at noon UTC
8.9 dMoon age
375,276 km233,186 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (13°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 1969 is on Tuesday, July 29, 1969 at 02:45 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 14, 1969 at 14:12 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 22, 196912:10
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, July 29, 196902:45

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Wednesday, July 23, 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.