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The Moon on Sunday, January 4, 1970: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 15.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 27°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on January 4, 1970Waning Crescent

Sunday 4 January 1970370,706 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 4, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.7% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
370,706 km230,346 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (27°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 4, 1970 is on Tuesday, December 23, 1969 at 17:35 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 7, 1970 at 20:36 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around January 4

More about this date

Sunday, January 4, 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.