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The Moon on Wednesday, July 30, 1969: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°

Moon age

15.9days

Moon phase on July 30, 1969Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 30 July 1969362,089 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 30, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.1% of its visible face lit, 15.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.1%Illumination at noon UTC
15.9 dMoon age
362,089 km224,991 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (27°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 30, 1969 is on Tuesday, July 29, 1969 at 02:45 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 13, 1969 at 05:17 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, July 29, 196902:45
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, August 5, 196901:39

The Moon around July 30

More about this date

Wednesday, July 30, 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.