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The Moon on Saturday, August 8, 1970: Waxing Crescent, 32% lit

Waxing · 31.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 23°

Moon age

6.3days

Moon phase on August 8, 1970Waxing Crescent

Saturday 8 August 1970397,377 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 8, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 31.7% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

31.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
397,377 km246,918 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (24°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 8, 1970 is on Monday, August 17, 1970 at 03:15 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 2, 1970 at 05:58 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 8

More about this date

Saturday, August 8, 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.