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The Moon on Tuesday, May 12, 1970: Waxing Crescent, 41% lit

Waxing · 41.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°

Moon age

6.9days

Moon phase on May 12, 1970Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 12 May 1970403,901 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 12, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 41.3% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

41.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
403,901 km250,972 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (11°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 1970 is on Thursday, May 21, 1970 at 03:38 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 5, 1970 at 14:51 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Tuesday, May 12, 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.