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The Moon on Tuesday, March 31, 1970: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 38.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 23°

Moon age

23.8days

Moon phase on March 31, 1970Waning Crescent

Tuesday 31 March 1970369,370 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 31, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.4% of its visible face lit, 23.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.4%Illumination at noon UTC
23.8 dMoon age
369,370 km229,516 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 31, 1970 is on Monday, March 23, 1970 at 01:53 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 6, 1970 at 04:09 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, March 30, 197011:05
New Moon (after)Monday, April 6, 197004:09

The Moon around March 31

More about this date

Tuesday, March 31, 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.