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The Moon on Wednesday, April 29, 1970: Waning Crescent, 41% lit

Waning · 41.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 19°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on April 29, 1970Waning Crescent

Wednesday 29 April 1970369,577 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 29, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.2% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
369,577 km229,645 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (19°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 29, 1970 is on Tuesday, April 21, 1970 at 16:21 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 5, 1970 at 14:51 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 28, 197017:18
New Moon (after)Tuesday, May 5, 197014:51

The Moon around April 29

More about this date

Wednesday, April 29, 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.