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The Moon on Saturday, June 20, 1970: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 12°

Moon age

16.4days

Moon phase on June 20, 1970Waning Gibbous

Saturday 20 June 1970364,176 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 20, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 16.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
16.4 dMoon age
364,176 km226,288 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (12°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 20, 1970 is on Friday, June 19, 1970 at 12:27 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 3, 1970 at 15:18 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, June 19, 197012:27
Last Quarter (after)Friday, June 26, 197004:01

The Moon around June 20

More about this date

Saturday, June 20, 1970 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 4, 1970 to the new moon of July 3, 1970, a cycle of 29.54 days.