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The Moon on Wednesday, February 11, 1970: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 33.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 02°

Moon age

5.2days

Moon phase on February 11, 1970Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 11 February 1970380,646 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 11, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 33.0% of its visible face lit, 5.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

33.0%Illumination at noon UTC
5.2 dMoon age
380,646 km236,522 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (2°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 11, 1970 is on Saturday, February 21, 1970 at 08:19 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 6, 1970 at 07:13 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 11

More about this date

Wednesday, February 11, 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.