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The Moon on Sunday, June 7, 1970: Waxing Crescent, 11% lit

Waxing · 11.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 25°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on June 7, 1970Waxing Crescent

Sunday 7 June 1970401,711 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 7, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 11.3% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
401,711 km249,612 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (25°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 7, 1970 is on Friday, June 19, 1970 at 12:27 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 4, 1970 at 02:21 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, June 4, 197002:21
First Quarter (after)Friday, June 12, 197004:07

The Moon around June 7

More about this date

Sunday, June 7, 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.