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The Moon on Sunday, April 12, 1970: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 39.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 09°

Moon age

6.3days

Moon phase on April 12, 1970Waxing Crescent

Sunday 12 April 1970399,630 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 12, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.1% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
399,630 km248,318 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (9°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 1970 is on Tuesday, April 21, 1970 at 16:21 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 6, 1970 at 04:09 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Sunday, April 12, 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.