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The Moon on Monday, March 2, 1970: Waning Crescent, 35% lit

Waning · 34.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 29°

Moon age

24.2days

Moon phase on March 2, 1970Waning Crescent

Monday 2 March 1970370,621 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 2, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 34.7% of its visible face lit, 24.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

34.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.2 dMoon age
370,621 km230,293 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (29°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 2, 1970 is on Saturday, February 21, 1970 at 08:19 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 7, 1970 at 17:43 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, March 1, 197002:33
New Moon (after)Saturday, March 7, 197017:43

The Moon around March 2

More about this date

Monday, March 2, 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.