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The Moon on Monday, July 28, 1969: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

13.9days

Moon phase on July 28, 1969Waxing Gibbous

Monday 28 July 1969357,933 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 28, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 13.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.9 dMoon age
357,933 km222,409 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 28, 1969 is on Tuesday, July 29, 1969 at 02:45 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 14, 1969 at 14:12 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 28

More about this date

Monday, July 28, 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.