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The Moon on Saturday, March 14, 1970: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 46.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 19°

First Quarter at

21:16UTC

Moon phase on March 14, 1970First Quarter

Saturday 14 March 1970396,210 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 14, 1970, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.3% of its visible face lit, 6.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.8 dMoon age
396,210 km246,193 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (19°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 14, 1970 is on Monday, March 23, 1970 at 01:53 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 7, 1970 at 17:43 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, March 7, 197017:43
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, March 14, 197021:16
Full Moon (after)Monday, March 23, 197001:53

The Moon around March 14

More about this date

Saturday, March 14, 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.