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The Moon on Sunday, January 18, 1970: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 85.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 13°

Moon age

10.6days

Moon phase on January 18, 1970Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 18 January 1970400,246 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 18, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.7% of its visible face lit, 10.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.7%Illumination at noon UTC
10.6 dMoon age
400,246 km248,701 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (14°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 18, 1970 is on Thursday, January 22, 1970 at 12:56 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 7, 1970 at 20:36 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 18

More about this date

Sunday, January 18, 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.