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The Moon on Sunday, May 24, 1970: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 85.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 17°

Moon age

18.9days

Moon phase on May 24, 1970Waning Gibbous

Sunday 24 May 1970368,273 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 24, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.8% of its visible face lit, 18.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.8%Illumination at noon UTC
18.9 dMoon age
368,273 km228,834 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (17°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 1970 is on Thursday, May 21, 1970 at 03:38 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 4, 1970 at 02:21 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 21, 197003:38
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 27, 197022:32

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Sunday, May 24, 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.