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The Moon on Friday, August 14, 1970: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 89.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 14°

Moon age

12.3days

Moon phase on August 14, 1970Waxing Gibbous

Friday 14 August 1970364,152 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 14, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.8% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.8%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
364,152 km226,274 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (14°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 14, 1970 is on Monday, August 17, 1970 at 03:15 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 2, 1970 at 05:58 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, August 10, 197008:50
Full Moon (after)Monday, August 17, 197003:15

The Moon around August 14

More about this date

Friday, August 14, 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.