Waxing · 74.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 25°
Moon age
9.8days
Moon phase on March 17, 1970Waxing Gibbous
On Tuesday, March 17, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 74.1% of its visible face lit, 9.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.
74.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.8 dMoon age
404,849 km251,562 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (25°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to March 17, 1970 is on Monday, March 23, 1970 at 01:53 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 7, 1970 at 17:43 UTC, 10 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Saturday, March 14, 1970 | 21:16 |
| Full Moon (after) | Monday, March 23, 1970 | 01:53 |
The Moon around March 17
More about this date
Tuesday, March 17, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in March 1970, or the whole moon calendar 1970.
- The same date one year apart: 1969 · 1971.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.