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The Moon on Saturday, April 18, 1970: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 90.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 20°

Moon age

12.3days

Moon phase on April 18, 1970Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 18 April 1970398,725 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 18, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.0% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.0%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
398,725 km247,756 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (21°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 1970 is on Tuesday, April 21, 1970 at 16:21 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 6, 1970 at 04:09 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Saturday, April 18, 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.