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The Moon on Saturday, January 3, 1970: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 24.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 13°

Moon age

25.1days

Moon phase on January 3, 1970Waning Crescent

Saturday 3 January 1970376,906 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 3, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.7% of its visible face lit, 25.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.7%Illumination at noon UTC
25.1 dMoon age
376,906 km234,199 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (13°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 3, 1970 is on Tuesday, December 23, 1969 at 17:35 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 7, 1970 at 20:36 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, December 31, 196922:52
New Moon (after)Wednesday, January 7, 197020:36

The Moon around January 3

More about this date

Saturday, January 3, 1970 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 9, 1969 to the new moon of January 7, 1970, a cycle of 29.45 days.