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The Moon on Monday, May 11, 1970: Waxing Crescent, 32% lit

Waxing · 32.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 29°

Moon age

5.9days

Moon phase on May 11, 1970Waxing Crescent

Monday 11 May 1970402,554 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 11, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 32.2% of its visible face lit, 5.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.9 dMoon age
402,554 km250,135 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (29°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 11, 1970 is on Thursday, May 21, 1970 at 03:38 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 5, 1970 at 14:51 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 11

More about this date

Monday, May 11, 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.