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The Moon on Tuesday, May 5, 1970: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 13°

New Moon at

14:51UTC

Moon phase on May 5, 1970New Moon

Tuesday 5 May 1970379,683 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 5, 1970, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.3 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.3 dMoon age
379,683 km235,924 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (13°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 28, 197017:18
New Moon (this day)Tuesday, May 5, 197014:51
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 13, 197010:26

The Moon around May 5

More about this date

Tuesday, May 5, 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.