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The Moon on Friday, July 24, 1970: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 60.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 18°

Moon age

20.9days

Moon phase on July 24, 1970Waning Gibbous

Friday 24 July 1970373,839 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 24, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 60.7% of its visible face lit, 20.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

60.7%Illumination at noon UTC
20.9 dMoon age
373,839 km232,293 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (19°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 24, 1970 is on Saturday, July 18, 1970 at 19:59 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 2, 1970 at 05:58 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around July 24

More about this date

Friday, July 24, 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.