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The Moon on Friday, March 6, 1970: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 28°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on March 6, 1970Waning Crescent

Friday 6 March 1970359,892 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 6, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.3% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.3%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
359,892 km223,627 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (28°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 6, 1970 is on Saturday, February 21, 1970 at 08:19 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 7, 1970 at 17:43 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around March 6

More about this date

Friday, March 6, 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.