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The Moon on Friday, August 28, 1970: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 10.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on August 28, 1970Waning Crescent

Friday 28 August 1970404,071 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 28, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.2% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.2%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
404,071 km251,078 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (28°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 1970 is on Monday, August 17, 1970 at 03:15 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 31, 1970 at 22:01 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Friday, August 28, 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.