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The Moon on Saturday, May 9, 1970: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 15.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 05°

Moon age

3.9days

Moon phase on May 9, 1970Waxing Crescent

Saturday 9 May 1970396,661 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 9, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.8% of its visible face lit, 3.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.8%Illumination at noon UTC
3.9 dMoon age
396,661 km246,473 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (5°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 1970 is on Thursday, May 21, 1970 at 03:38 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 5, 1970 at 14:51 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Saturday, May 9, 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.