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The Moon on Thursday, January 15, 1970: Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit

Waxing · 59.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 06°

Moon age

7.6days

Moon phase on January 15, 1970Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 15 January 1970387,931 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 15, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 59.9% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

59.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
387,931 km241,049 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (6°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 1970 is on Thursday, January 22, 1970 at 12:56 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 7, 1970 at 20:36 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, January 14, 197013:18
Full Moon (after)Thursday, January 22, 197012:56

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Thursday, January 15, 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.