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The Moon on Wednesday, February 18, 1970: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 28°

Moon age

12.2days

Moon phase on February 18, 1970Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 18 February 1970406,132 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 18, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.9% of its visible face lit, 12.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.2 dMoon age
406,132 km252,359 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (29°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 18, 1970 is on Saturday, February 21, 1970 at 08:19 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 6, 1970 at 07:13 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 18

More about this date

Wednesday, February 18, 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.