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The Moon on Wednesday, March 4, 1970: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 14.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 28°

Moon age

26.2days

Moon phase on March 4, 1970Waning Crescent

Wednesday 4 March 1970362,808 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 4, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.8% of its visible face lit, 26.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.2 dMoon age
362,808 km225,438 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (28°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 4, 1970 is on Saturday, February 21, 1970 at 08:19 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 7, 1970 at 17:43 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around March 4

More about this date

Wednesday, March 4, 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.