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The Moon on Sunday, July 19, 1970: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Moon age

15.9days

Moon phase on July 19, 1970Waning Gibbous

Sunday 19 July 1970359,075 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 19, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 15.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
15.9 dMoon age
359,075 km223,119 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (6°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 19, 1970 is on Saturday, July 18, 1970 at 19:59 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 2, 1970 at 05:58 UTC, 14 days later.

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

The Moon around July 19

More about this date

Sunday, July 19, 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.