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The Moon on Thursday, April 16, 1970: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 75.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 26°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on April 16, 1970Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 16 April 1970403,524 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 16, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 75.8% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

75.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
403,524 km250,738 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (27°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, April 13, 197015:44
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, April 21, 197016:21

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Thursday, April 16, 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.