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The Moon on Wednesday, August 19, 1970: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 91.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 29°

Moon age

17.3days

Moon phase on August 19, 1970Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 19 August 1970361,694 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 19, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 91.7% of its visible face lit, 17.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

91.7%Illumination at noon UTC
17.3 dMoon age
361,694 km224,746 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (29°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 19, 1970 is on Monday, August 17, 1970 at 03:15 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 31, 1970 at 22:01 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around August 19

More about this date

Wednesday, August 19, 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.