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The Moon on Saturday, July 18, 1970: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 20°

Full Moon at

19:59UTC

Moon phase on July 18, 1970Full Moon

Saturday 18 July 1970360,694 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 18, 1970, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 14.9 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
14.9 dMoon age
360,694 km224,125 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (21°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Buck Moon, 359,959 km from Earth. Supermoon

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 1970 is on Saturday, July 18, 1970 at 19:59 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 2, 1970 at 05:58 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, July 11, 197019:43
Full Moon (this day)Saturday, July 18, 197019:59
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, July 25, 197011:00

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Saturday, July 18, 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.