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The Moon on Friday, March 27, 1970: Waning Gibbous, 80% lit

Waning · 80.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 28°

Moon age

19.8days

Moon phase on March 27, 1970Waning Gibbous

Friday 27 March 1970382,347 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 27, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 80.5% of its visible face lit, 19.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

80.5%Illumination at noon UTC
19.8 dMoon age
382,347 km237,580 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (29°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 27, 1970 is on Monday, March 23, 1970 at 01:53 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 6, 1970 at 04:09 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around March 27

More about this date

Friday, March 27, 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.