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The Moon on Tuesday, January 6, 1970: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 26°

Moon age

28.1days

Moon phase on January 6, 1970Waning Crescent

Tuesday 6 January 1970360,817 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 6, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.0% of its visible face lit, 28.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.0%Illumination at noon UTC
28.1 dMoon age
360,817 km224,201 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (27°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 6, 1970 is on Tuesday, December 23, 1969 at 17:35 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 7, 1970 at 20:36 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around January 6

More about this date

Tuesday, January 6, 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.