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The Moon on Friday, April 10, 1970: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 21.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 14°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on April 10, 1970Waxing Crescent

Friday 10 April 1970390,937 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 10, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.1% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
390,937 km242,917 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (15°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 10, 1970 is on Tuesday, April 21, 1970 at 16:21 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 6, 1970 at 04:09 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 10

More about this date

Friday, April 10, 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.