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The Moon on Wednesday, July 15, 1970: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 85.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 07°

Moon age

11.9days

Moon phase on July 15, 1970Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 15 July 1970374,342 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 15, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.1% of its visible face lit, 11.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.9 dMoon age
374,342 km232,605 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (7°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 15, 1970 is on Saturday, July 18, 1970 at 19:59 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 3, 1970 at 15:18 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 15

More about this date

Wednesday, July 15, 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.