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The Moon on Sunday, April 19, 1970: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 95.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 03°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on April 19, 1970Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 19 April 1970395,273 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 19, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.1% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.1%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
395,273 km245,611 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (3°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 19, 1970 is on Tuesday, April 21, 1970 at 16:21 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 6, 1970 at 04:09 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 19

More about this date

Sunday, April 19, 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.