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The Moon on Sunday, March 15, 1970: Waxing Gibbous, 56% lit

Waxing · 56.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 01°

Moon age

7.8days

Moon phase on March 15, 1970Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 15 March 1970400,257 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 15, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 56.1% of its visible face lit, 7.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

56.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.8 dMoon age
400,257 km248,708 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (1°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 1970 is on Monday, March 23, 1970 at 01:53 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 7, 1970 at 17:43 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, March 14, 197021:16
Full Moon (after)Monday, March 23, 197001:53

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Sunday, March 15, 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.