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The Moon on Wednesday, May 6, 1970: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 26°

Moon age

0.9days

Moon phase on May 6, 1970Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 6 May 1970383,788 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 6, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.1% of its visible face lit, 0.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.1%Illumination at noon UTC
0.9 dMoon age
383,788 km238,475 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (27°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 6, 1970 is on Thursday, May 21, 1970 at 03:38 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 5, 1970 at 14:51 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, May 5, 197014:51
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 13, 197010:26

The Moon around May 6

More about this date

Wednesday, May 6, 1970 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 5, 1970 to the new moon of June 4, 1970, a cycle of 29.48 days.