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The Moon on Saturday, January 10, 1970: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 10.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 27°

Moon age

2.6days

Moon phase on January 10, 1970Waxing Crescent

Saturday 10 January 1970361,348 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 10, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.3% of its visible face lit, 2.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.6 dMoon age
361,348 km224,531 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (27°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 10, 1970 is on Thursday, January 22, 1970 at 12:56 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 7, 1970 at 20:36 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 10

More about this date

Saturday, January 10, 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.