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The Moon on Saturday, April 11, 1970: Waxing Crescent, 30% lit

Waxing · 29.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 27°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on April 11, 1970Waxing Crescent

Saturday 11 April 1970395,704 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 11, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 29.8% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.8%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
395,704 km245,879 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (27°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 11, 1970 is on Tuesday, April 21, 1970 at 16:21 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 6, 1970 at 04:09 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 11

More about this date

Saturday, April 11, 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.