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The Moon on Monday, January 5, 1970: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 8.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 11°

Moon age

27.1days

Moon phase on January 5, 1970Waning Crescent

Monday 5 January 1970365,168 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 5, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.3% of its visible face lit, 27.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.3%Illumination at noon UTC
27.1 dMoon age
365,168 km226,905 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (12°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 5, 1970 is on Tuesday, December 23, 1969 at 17:35 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 7, 1970 at 20:36 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around January 5

More about this date

Monday, January 5, 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.