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The Moon on Thursday, July 23, 1970: Waning Gibbous, 71% lit

Waning · 71.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 04°

Moon age

19.9days

Moon phase on July 23, 1970Waning Gibbous

Thursday 23 July 1970368,841 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 23, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.4% of its visible face lit, 19.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.4%Illumination at noon UTC
19.9 dMoon age
368,841 km229,187 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (5°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 1970 is on Saturday, July 18, 1970 at 19:59 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 2, 1970 at 05:58 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Thursday, July 23, 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.