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The Moon on Tuesday, August 18, 1970: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 14°

Moon age

16.3days

Moon phase on August 18, 1970Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 18 August 1970358,510 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 18, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.2% of its visible face lit, 16.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.2%Illumination at noon UTC
16.3 dMoon age
358,510 km222,768 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (15°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 1970 is on Monday, August 17, 1970 at 03:15 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 31, 1970 at 22:01 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, August 17, 197003:15
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, August 23, 197020:35

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Tuesday, August 18, 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.