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The Moon on Saturday, January 31, 1970: Waning Crescent, 41% lit

Waning · 40.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 22°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on January 31, 1970Waning Crescent

Saturday 31 January 1970379,087 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 31, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 40.7% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

40.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
379,087 km235,554 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (22°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 1970 is on Thursday, January 22, 1970 at 12:56 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 6, 1970 at 07:13 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, January 30, 197014:39
New Moon (after)Friday, February 6, 197007:13

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Saturday, January 31, 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.