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The Moon on Friday, July 17, 1970: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 05°

Moon age

13.9days

Moon phase on July 17, 1970Waxing Gibbous

Friday 17 July 1970364,001 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 17, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 13.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.9 dMoon age
364,001 km226,180 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (6°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 1970 is on Saturday, July 18, 1970 at 19:59 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 3, 1970 at 15:18 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Friday, July 17, 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.