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The Moon on Thursday, June 11, 1970: Waxing Crescent, 44% lit

Waxing · 43.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 12°

Moon age

7.4days

Moon phase on June 11, 1970Waxing Crescent

Thursday 11 June 1970402,949 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 11, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 43.7% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

43.7%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
402,949 km250,381 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (13°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 11, 1970 is on Friday, June 19, 1970 at 12:27 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 4, 1970 at 02:21 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 11

More about this date

Thursday, June 11, 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.