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The Moon on Thursday, May 14, 1970: Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit

Waxing · 60.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 04°

Moon age

8.9days

Moon phase on May 14, 1970Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 14 May 1970402,808 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 14, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 60.2% of its visible face lit, 8.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

60.2%Illumination at noon UTC
8.9 dMoon age
402,808 km250,293 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (5°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 13, 197010:26
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 21, 197003:38

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Thursday, May 14, 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.