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The Moon on Wednesday, March 18, 1970: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 81.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 07°

Moon age

10.8days

Moon phase on March 18, 1970Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 18 March 1970405,382 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 18, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.9% of its visible face lit, 10.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.9%Illumination at noon UTC
10.8 dMoon age
405,382 km251,893 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (7°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 1970 is on Monday, March 23, 1970 at 01:53 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 7, 1970 at 17:43 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Wednesday, March 18, 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.