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The Moon on Thursday, March 26, 1970: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 88.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 15°

Moon age

18.8days

Moon phase on March 26, 1970Waning Gibbous

Thursday 26 March 1970385,785 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 26, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.1% of its visible face lit, 18.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.1%Illumination at noon UTC
18.8 dMoon age
385,785 km239,716 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (16°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 26, 1970 is on Monday, March 23, 1970 at 01:53 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 6, 1970 at 04:09 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, March 23, 197001:53
Last Quarter (after)Monday, March 30, 197011:05

The Moon around March 26

More about this date

Thursday, March 26, 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.