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The Moon on Monday, February 2, 1970: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 20.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°

Moon age

25.6days

Moon phase on February 2, 1970Waning Crescent

Monday 2 February 1970367,472 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 2, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.2% of its visible face lit, 25.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.6 dMoon age
367,472 km228,336 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (20°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 2, 1970 is on Thursday, January 22, 1970 at 12:56 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 6, 1970 at 07:13 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around February 2

More about this date

Monday, February 2, 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.