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The Moon on Wednesday, June 24, 1970: Waning Gibbous, 69% lit

Waning · 68.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 10°

Moon age

20.4days

Moon phase on June 24, 1970Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 24 June 1970367,658 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 24, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 68.7% of its visible face lit, 20.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.7%Illumination at noon UTC
20.4 dMoon age
367,658 km228,452 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (11°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 24, 1970 is on Friday, June 19, 1970 at 12:27 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 3, 1970 at 15:18 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around June 24

More about this date

Wednesday, June 24, 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.