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The Moon on Friday, May 15, 1970: Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit

Waxing · 69.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 16°

Moon age

9.9days

Moon phase on May 15, 1970Waxing Gibbous

Friday 15 May 1970400,416 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 15, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 69.3% of its visible face lit, 9.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

69.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.9 dMoon age
400,416 km248,807 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (17°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 1970 is on Thursday, May 21, 1970 at 03:38 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 5, 1970 at 14:51 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Friday, May 15, 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.