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The Moon on Friday, May 29, 1970: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 32.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 28°

Moon age

23.9days

Moon phase on May 29, 1970Waning Crescent

Friday 29 May 1970373,525 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 29, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.8% of its visible face lit, 23.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.9 dMoon age
373,525 km232,098 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (28°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 1970 is on Thursday, May 21, 1970 at 03:38 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 4, 1970 at 02:21 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 27, 197022:32
New Moon (after)Thursday, June 4, 197002:21

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Friday, May 29, 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.