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The Moon on Tuesday, July 21, 1970: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 89.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 05°

Moon age

17.9days

Moon phase on July 21, 1970Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 21 July 1970361,143 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 21, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.7% of its visible face lit, 17.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.7%Illumination at noon UTC
17.9 dMoon age
361,143 km224,404 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (6°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 21, 1970 is on Saturday, July 18, 1970 at 19:59 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 2, 1970 at 05:58 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around July 21

More about this date

Tuesday, July 21, 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.