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The Moon on Saturday, May 2, 1970: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 11.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 01°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on May 2, 1970Waning Crescent

Saturday 2 May 1970371,255 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 2, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.9% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
371,255 km230,687 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (1°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 2, 1970 is on Tuesday, April 21, 1970 at 16:21 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 5, 1970 at 14:51 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around May 2

More about this date

Saturday, May 2, 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.