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The Moon on Friday, January 9, 1970: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 12°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on January 9, 1970Waxing Crescent

Friday 9 January 1970358,423 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 9, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.2% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.2%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
358,423 km222,714 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (12°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 9, 1970 is on Thursday, January 22, 1970 at 12:56 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 7, 1970 at 20:36 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, January 7, 197020:36
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 14, 197013:18

The Moon around January 9

More about this date

Friday, January 9, 1970 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 7, 1970 to the new moon of February 6, 1970, a cycle of 29.44 days.