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The Moon on Tuesday, April 21, 1970: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 28°

Full Moon at

16:21UTC

Moon phase on April 21, 1970Full Moon

Tuesday 21 April 1970387,597 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 21, 1970, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 15.3 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
15.3 dMoon age
387,597 km240,841 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (29°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Pink Moon, 386,901 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 21, 1970 is on Tuesday, April 21, 1970 at 16:21 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 5, 1970 at 14:51 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, April 13, 197015:44
Full Moon (this day)Tuesday, April 21, 197016:21
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, April 28, 197017:18

The Moon around April 21

More about this date

Tuesday, April 21, 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.