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The Moon on Wednesday, July 29, 1970: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 12.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 24°

Moon age

25.9days

Moon phase on July 29, 1970Waning Crescent

Wednesday 29 July 1970396,896 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 29, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.9% of its visible face lit, 25.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.9 dMoon age
396,896 km246,619 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 29, 1970 is on Saturday, July 18, 1970 at 19:59 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 2, 1970 at 05:58 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around July 29

More about this date

Wednesday, July 29, 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.