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The Moon on Wednesday, June 10, 1970: Waxing Crescent, 34% lit

Waxing · 34.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 00°

Moon age

6.4days

Moon phase on June 10, 1970Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 10 June 1970404,368 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 10, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 34.5% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

34.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
404,368 km251,263 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (1°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 10, 1970 is on Friday, June 19, 1970 at 12:27 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 4, 1970 at 02:21 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 10

More about this date

Wednesday, June 10, 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.