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The Moon on Thursday, June 18, 1970: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 13°

Moon age

14.4days

Moon phase on June 18, 1970Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 18 June 1970370,534 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 18, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.4% of its visible face lit, 14.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.4%Illumination at noon UTC
14.4 dMoon age
370,534 km230,239 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (13°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 18, 1970 is on Friday, June 19, 1970 at 12:27 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 4, 1970 at 02:21 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, June 12, 197004:07
Full Moon (after)Friday, June 19, 197012:27

The Moon around June 18

More about this date

Thursday, June 18, 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.