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The Moon on Wednesday, February 4, 1970: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 19°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on February 4, 1970Waning Crescent

Wednesday 4 February 1970359,042 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 4, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.0% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
359,042 km223,098 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (20°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around February 4

More about this date

Wednesday, February 4, 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.