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The Moon on Monday, June 1, 1970: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 7.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 08°

Moon age

26.9days

Moon phase on June 1, 1970Waning Crescent

Monday 1 June 1970381,838 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 1, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.6% of its visible face lit, 26.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.9 dMoon age
381,838 km237,263 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (9°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 1, 1970 is on Thursday, May 21, 1970 at 03:38 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 4, 1970 at 02:21 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around June 1

More about this date

Monday, June 1, 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.