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The Moon on Sunday, June 28, 1970: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 25.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 05°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on June 28, 1970Waning Crescent

Sunday 28 June 1970382,585 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 28, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.6% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
382,585 km237,728 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (6°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 28, 1970 is on Friday, June 19, 1970 at 12:27 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 3, 1970 at 15:18 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around June 28

More about this date

Sunday, June 28, 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.