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The Moon on Sunday, March 1, 1970: Last Quarter, 46% lit

Waning · 45.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 15°

Last Quarter at

02:33UTC

Moon phase on March 1, 1970Last Quarter

Sunday 1 March 1970375,394 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 1, 1970, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 45.8% of its visible face lit, 23.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

45.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.2 dMoon age
375,394 km233,259 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (15°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 1, 1970 is on Saturday, February 21, 1970 at 08:19 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 7, 1970 at 17:43 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, February 21, 197008:19
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, March 1, 197002:33
New Moon (after)Saturday, March 7, 197017:43

The Moon around March 1

More about this date

Sunday, March 1, 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.