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The Moon on Saturday, March 21, 1970: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 12°

Moon age

13.8days

Moon phase on March 21, 1970Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 21 March 1970401,341 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 21, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.6% of its visible face lit, 13.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.6%Illumination at noon UTC
13.8 dMoon age
401,341 km249,382 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (13°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 21, 1970 is on Monday, March 23, 1970 at 01:53 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 7, 1970 at 17:43 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 21

More about this date

Saturday, March 21, 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.