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Waxing Crescent on 07/21/1969
July 21
Waxing Crescent
41%
First Quarter on 07/22/1969
July 22
First Quarter
52%
Waxing Gibbous on 07/23/1969
July 23
Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 63%
Waxing Gibbous on 07/24/1969
July 24
Waxing Gibbous
73%
Waxing Gibbous on 07/25/1969
July 25
Waxing Gibbous
83%

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Moon Phase: July 23, 1969

On this day the Moon was in a Waxing Gibbous phase. Visible through most of the night sky setting a few hours before sunrise. This phase is when the moon is more than 50% illuminated but not yet a Full Moon. The phase lasts about 7 days with the moon becoming more illuminated each day until the Full Moon.

During a Waxing Gibbous the moon rises in the east in mid-afternoon and is high in the eastern sky at sunset. The word Gibbous first appeared in the 14th century and has its roots in the Latin word "gibbosus" meaning humpbacked.

Visit the July 1969 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Waxing Gibbous Phase

The Waxing Gibbous on July 23 has an illumination of 63%. This is the percentage of the Moon illuminated by the Sun. The illumination is constantly changing and can vary up to 10% a day. On July 23 the Moon is 8.59 days old. This refers to how many days it has been since the last New Moon. It takes 29.53 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth and go through the lunar cycle of all 8 Moon phases.

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Phase Details for - July 23

Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 63%
Moon Age: 8.59 days
Moon Angle: 0.53
Moon Distance: 372,604.85 km
Sun Angle: 0.52
Sun Distance: 151,972,728.87 km

Waxing Gibbous Moonrise and Moonset

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