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The Moon on Tuesday, July 28, 1970: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 20.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

24.9days

Moon phase on July 28, 1970Waning Crescent

Tuesday 28 July 1970393,205 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 28, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.3% of its visible face lit, 24.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.9 dMoon age
393,205 km244,326 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 28, 1970 is on Saturday, July 18, 1970 at 19:59 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 2, 1970 at 05:58 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around July 28

More about this date

Tuesday, July 28, 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.