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The Moon on Saturday, July 11, 1970: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 46.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 15°

First Quarter at

19:43UTC

Moon phase on July 11, 1970First Quarter

Saturday 11 July 1970396,967 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 11, 1970, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.9% of its visible face lit, 7.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.9 dMoon age
396,967 km246,664 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (15°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 11, 1970 is on Saturday, July 18, 1970 at 19:59 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 3, 1970 at 15:18 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, July 3, 197015:18
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, July 11, 197019:43
Full Moon (after)Saturday, July 18, 197019:59

The Moon around July 11

More about this date

Saturday, July 11, 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.