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The Moon on Friday, August 7, 1970: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 23.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 11°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on August 7, 1970Waxing Crescent

Friday 7 August 1970400,997 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 7, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 23.0% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.0%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
400,997 km249,168 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (12°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 7, 1970 is on Monday, August 17, 1970 at 03:15 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 2, 1970 at 05:58 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, August 2, 197005:58
First Quarter (after)Monday, August 10, 197008:50

The Moon around August 7

More about this date

Friday, August 7, 1970 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 2, 1970 to the new moon of August 31, 1970, a cycle of 29.67 days.