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The Moon on Thursday, July 30, 1970: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 7.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 06°

Moon age

26.9days

Moon phase on July 30, 1970Waning Crescent

Thursday 30 July 1970399,985 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 30, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.0% of its visible face lit, 26.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.0%Illumination at noon UTC
26.9 dMoon age
399,985 km248,539 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (7°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 30, 1970 is on Saturday, July 18, 1970 at 19:59 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 2, 1970 at 05:58 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around July 30

More about this date

Thursday, July 30, 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.