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The Moon on Friday, July 10, 1970: Waxing Crescent, 37% lit

Waxing · 37.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 02°

Moon age

6.9days

Moon phase on July 10, 1970Waxing Crescent

Friday 10 July 1970400,799 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 10, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 37.3% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

37.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
400,799 km249,045 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (3°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 10, 1970 is on Saturday, July 18, 1970 at 19:59 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 3, 1970 at 15:18 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, July 3, 197015:18
First Quarter (after)Saturday, July 11, 197019:43

The Moon around July 10

More about this date

Friday, July 10, 1970 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 3, 1970 to the new moon of August 2, 1970, a cycle of 29.61 days.