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The Moon on Wednesday, July 22, 1970: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 81.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 20°

Moon age

18.9days

Moon phase on July 22, 1970Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 22 July 1970364,467 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 22, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.3% of its visible face lit, 18.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.3%Illumination at noon UTC
18.9 dMoon age
364,467 km226,469 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (21°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 22, 1970 is on Saturday, July 18, 1970 at 19:59 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 2, 1970 at 05:58 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around July 22

More about this date

Wednesday, July 22, 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.