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The Moon on Sunday, January 11, 1970: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 18.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 11°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on January 11, 1970Waxing Crescent

Sunday 11 January 1970365,693 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 11, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 18.6% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

18.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
365,693 km227,231 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (12°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 11, 1970 is on Thursday, January 22, 1970 at 12:56 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 7, 1970 at 20:36 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 11

More about this date

Sunday, January 11, 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.