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The Moon on Tuesday, July 14, 1970: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 76.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 23°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on July 14, 1970Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 14 July 1970380,444 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 14, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 76.4% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
380,444 km236,397 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (24°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 14, 1970 is on Saturday, July 18, 1970 at 19:59 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 3, 1970 at 15:18 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, July 11, 197019:43
Full Moon (after)Saturday, July 18, 197019:59

The Moon around July 14

More about this date

Tuesday, July 14, 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.