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The Moon on Friday, April 3, 1970: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 9.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 07°

Moon age

26.8days

Moon phase on April 3, 1970Waning Crescent

Friday 3 April 1970364,889 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 3, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.6% of its visible face lit, 26.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.8 dMoon age
364,889 km226,731 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (7°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around April 3

More about this date

Friday, April 3, 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.