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The Moon on Saturday, August 29, 1970: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 09°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on August 29, 1970Waning Crescent

Saturday 29 August 1970405,587 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 29, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.2% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
405,587 km252,020 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (10°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 1970 is on Monday, August 17, 1970 at 03:15 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 31, 1970 at 22:01 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Saturday, August 29, 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.