Skip to content
The Moon on Thursday, July 9, 1970: Waxing Crescent, 28% lit

Waxing · 28.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 21°

Moon age

5.9days

Moon phase on July 9, 1970Waxing Crescent

Thursday 9 July 1970403,516 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 9, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.3% of its visible face lit, 5.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.9 dMoon age
403,516 km250,733 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (21°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 9, 1970 is on Saturday, July 18, 1970 at 19:59 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 3, 1970 at 15:18 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, July 3, 197015:18
First Quarter (after)Saturday, July 11, 197019:43

The Moon around July 9

More about this date

Thursday, July 9, 1970 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 3, 1970 to the new moon of August 2, 1970, a cycle of 29.61 days.