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The Moon on Sunday, February 15, 1970: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 72.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 22°

Moon age

9.2days

Moon phase on February 15, 1970Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 15 February 1970400,917 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 15, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 72.3% of its visible face lit, 9.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.2 dMoon age
400,917 km249,118 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (23°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 15, 1970 is on Saturday, February 21, 1970 at 08:19 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 6, 1970 at 07:13 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, February 13, 197004:11
Full Moon (after)Saturday, February 21, 197008:19

The Moon around February 15

More about this date

Sunday, February 15, 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.