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The Moon on Friday, March 13, 1970: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 36.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 06°

Moon age

5.8days

Moon phase on March 13, 1970Waxing Crescent

Friday 13 March 1970391,173 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 13, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 36.5% of its visible face lit, 5.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.8 dMoon age
391,173 km243,064 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (7°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 13, 1970 is on Monday, March 23, 1970 at 01:53 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 7, 1970 at 17:43 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 13

More about this date

Friday, March 13, 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.