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The Moon on Monday, July 20, 1970: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 95.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 20°

Moon age

16.9days

Moon phase on July 20, 1970Waning Gibbous

Monday 20 July 1970359,256 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 20, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.9% of its visible face lit, 16.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.9%Illumination at noon UTC
16.9 dMoon age
359,256 km223,231 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (21°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 20, 1970 is on Saturday, July 18, 1970 at 19:59 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 2, 1970 at 05:58 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around July 20

More about this date

Monday, July 20, 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.