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The Moon on Monday, March 16, 1970: Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit

Waxing · 65.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 13°

Moon age

8.8days

Moon phase on March 16, 1970Waxing Gibbous

Monday 16 March 1970403,154 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 16, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 65.4% of its visible face lit, 8.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

65.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.8 dMoon age
403,154 km250,508 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (13°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 1970 is on Monday, March 23, 1970 at 01:53 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 7, 1970 at 17:43 UTC, 9 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Monday, March 16, 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.