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The Moon on Thursday, April 30, 1970: Waning Crescent, 30% lit

Waning · 30.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 03°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on April 30, 1970Waning Crescent

Thursday 30 April 1970369,478 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 30, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 30.2% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

30.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
369,478 km229,583 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (3°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 30, 1970 is on Tuesday, April 21, 1970 at 16:21 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 5, 1970 at 14:51 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around April 30

More about this date

Thursday, April 30, 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.