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The Moon on Saturday, April 4, 1970: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 21°

Moon age

27.8days

Moon phase on April 4, 1970Waning Crescent

Saturday 4 April 1970365,593 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 4, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.8% of its visible face lit, 27.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.8%Illumination at noon UTC
27.8 dMoon age
365,593 km227,169 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (22°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 4, 1970 is on Monday, March 23, 1970 at 01:53 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 6, 1970 at 04:09 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around April 4

More about this date

Saturday, April 4, 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.