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The Moon on Sunday, March 29, 1970: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 60.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 25°

Moon age

21.8days

Moon phase on March 29, 1970Waning Gibbous

Sunday 29 March 1970375,515 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 29, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 60.8% of its visible face lit, 21.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

60.8%Illumination at noon UTC
21.8 dMoon age
375,515 km233,334 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (26°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 29, 1970 is on Monday, March 23, 1970 at 01:53 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 6, 1970 at 04:09 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around March 29

More about this date

Sunday, March 29, 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.