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The Moon on Monday, June 29, 1970: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 17.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 18°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on June 29, 1970Waning Crescent

Monday 29 June 1970386,403 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 29, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.0% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.0%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
386,403 km240,100 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (19°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 29, 1970 is on Friday, June 19, 1970 at 12:27 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 3, 1970 at 15:18 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, June 26, 197004:01
New Moon (after)Friday, July 3, 197015:18

The Moon around June 29

More about this date

Monday, June 29, 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.