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The Moon on Monday, June 22, 1970: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 87.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 11°

Moon age

18.4days

Moon phase on June 22, 1970Waning Gibbous

Monday 22 June 1970363,431 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 22, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.8% of its visible face lit, 18.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.8%Illumination at noon UTC
18.4 dMoon age
363,431 km225,825 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (12°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 22, 1970 is on Friday, June 19, 1970 at 12:27 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 3, 1970 at 15:18 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around June 22

More about this date

Monday, June 22, 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.