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The Moon on Thursday, July 31, 1969: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 91.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 11°

Moon age

16.9days

Moon phase on July 31, 1969Waning Gibbous

Thursday 31 July 1969366,579 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 31, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 91.9% of its visible face lit, 16.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

91.9%Illumination at noon UTC
16.9 dMoon age
366,579 km227,782 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (11°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 31, 1969 is on Tuesday, July 29, 1969 at 02:45 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 13, 1969 at 05:17 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around July 31

More about this date

Thursday, July 31, 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.