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The Moon on Saturday, June 27, 1970: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 35.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 22°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on June 27, 1970Waning Crescent

Saturday 27 June 1970378,657 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 27, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.6% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.6%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
378,657 km235,286 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (22°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 27, 1970 is on Friday, June 19, 1970 at 12:27 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 3, 1970 at 15:18 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, June 26, 197004:01
New Moon (after)Friday, July 3, 197015:18

The Moon around June 27

More about this date

Saturday, June 27, 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.