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The Moon on Tuesday, March 10, 1970: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 10.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 26°

Moon age

2.8days

Moon phase on March 10, 1970Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 10 March 1970373,337 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 10, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.3% of its visible face lit, 2.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.8 dMoon age
373,337 km231,981 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (27°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 10, 1970 is on Monday, March 23, 1970 at 01:53 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 7, 1970 at 17:43 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, March 7, 197017:43
First Quarter (after)Saturday, March 14, 197021:16

The Moon around March 10

More about this date

Tuesday, March 10, 1970 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 7, 1970 to the new moon of April 6, 1970, a cycle of 29.44 days.