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The Moon on Thursday, March 19, 1970: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 88.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 18°

Moon age

11.8days

Moon phase on March 19, 1970Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 19 March 1970404,864 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 19, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.5% of its visible face lit, 11.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.5%Illumination at noon UTC
11.8 dMoon age
404,864 km251,571 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (19°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 19, 1970 is on Monday, March 23, 1970 at 01:53 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 7, 1970 at 17:43 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 19

More about this date

Thursday, March 19, 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.