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The Moon on Tuesday, August 25, 1970: Waning Crescent, 34% lit

Waning · 33.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 21°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on August 25, 1970Waning Crescent

Tuesday 25 August 1970394,349 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 25, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.6% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.6%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
394,349 km245,037 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (21°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 25, 1970 is on Monday, August 17, 1970 at 03:15 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 31, 1970 at 22:01 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, August 23, 197020:35
New Moon (after)Monday, August 31, 197022:01

The Moon around August 25

More about this date

Tuesday, August 25, 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.