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The Moon on Thursday, January 29, 1970: Waning Gibbous, 62% lit

Waning · 61.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 25°

Moon age

21.6days

Moon phase on January 29, 1970Waning Gibbous

Thursday 29 January 1970390,266 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 29, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 61.5% of its visible face lit, 21.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

61.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.6 dMoon age
390,266 km242,500 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (26°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 29, 1970 is on Thursday, January 22, 1970 at 12:56 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 6, 1970 at 07:13 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, January 22, 197012:56
Last Quarter (after)Friday, January 30, 197014:39

The Moon around January 29

More about this date

Thursday, January 29, 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.