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The Moon on Tuesday, June 9, 1970: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 25.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 19°

Moon age

5.4days

Moon phase on June 9, 1970Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 9 June 1970404,564 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 9, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.8% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.8%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
404,564 km251,385 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (19°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 9, 1970 is on Friday, June 19, 1970 at 12:27 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 4, 1970 at 02:21 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 9

More about this date

Tuesday, June 9, 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.