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The Moon on Thursday, June 4, 1970: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

New Moon at

02:21UTC

Moon phase on June 4, 1970New Moon

Thursday 4 June 1970392,305 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 4, 1970, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.4% of its visible face lit, 29.9 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.4%Illumination at noon UTC
29.9 dMoon age
392,305 km243,767 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (18°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 4, 1970 is on Thursday, May 21, 1970 at 03:38 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 4, 1970 at 02:21 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 27, 197022:32
New Moon (this day)Thursday, June 4, 197002:21
First Quarter (after)Friday, June 12, 197004:07

The Moon around June 4

More about this date

Thursday, June 4, 1970 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 4, 1970 to the new moon of July 3, 1970, a cycle of 29.54 days.