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The Moon on Monday, July 27, 1970: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 29.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 28°

Moon age

23.9days

Moon phase on July 27, 1970Waning Crescent

Monday 27 July 1970388,939 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 27, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 29.1% of its visible face lit, 23.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

29.1%Illumination at noon UTC
23.9 dMoon age
388,939 km241,675 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (29°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 1970 is on Saturday, July 18, 1970 at 19:59 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 2, 1970 at 05:58 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, July 25, 197011:00
New Moon (after)Sunday, August 2, 197005:58

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Monday, July 27, 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.