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The Moon on Tuesday, April 7, 1970: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 04°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on April 7, 1970Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 7 April 1970375,229 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 7, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.4% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.4%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
375,229 km233,157 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (5°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 7, 1970 is on Tuesday, April 21, 1970 at 16:21 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 6, 1970 at 04:09 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 6, 197004:09
First Quarter (after)Monday, April 13, 197015:44

The Moon around April 7

More about this date

Tuesday, April 7, 1970 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 6, 1970 to the new moon of May 5, 1970, a cycle of 29.45 days.