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The Moon on Sunday, June 21, 1970: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 94.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on June 21, 1970Waning Gibbous

Sunday 21 June 1970363,089 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 21, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.4% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.4%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
363,089 km225,613 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (27°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 21, 1970 is on Friday, June 19, 1970 at 12:27 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 3, 1970 at 15:18 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around June 21

More about this date

Sunday, June 21, 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.