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The Moon on Tuesday, February 10, 1970: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 23.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 18°

Moon age

4.2days

Moon phase on February 10, 1970Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 10 February 1970374,327 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 10, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 23.1% of its visible face lit, 4.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.2 dMoon age
374,327 km232,596 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (19°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 10, 1970 is on Saturday, February 21, 1970 at 08:19 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 6, 1970 at 07:13 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, February 6, 197007:13
First Quarter (after)Friday, February 13, 197004:11

The Moon around February 10

More about this date

Tuesday, February 10, 1970 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 6, 1970 to the new moon of March 7, 1970, a cycle of 29.44 days.