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The Moon on Saturday, August 15, 1970: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on August 15, 1970Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 15 August 1970360,086 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 15, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.9% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.9%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
360,086 km223,747 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (29°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 1970 is on Monday, August 17, 1970 at 03:15 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 2, 1970 at 05:58 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Saturday, August 15, 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.