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The Moon on Sunday, August 16, 1970: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 14°

Moon age

14.3days

Moon phase on August 16, 1970Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 16 August 1970357,648 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 16, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 14.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
14.3 dMoon age
357,648 km222,232 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (14°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 1970 is on Monday, August 17, 1970 at 03:15 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 2, 1970 at 05:58 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Sunday, August 16, 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.