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The Moon on Monday, September 7, 1970: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 36.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 28°

Moon age

6.6days

Moon phase on September 7, 1970Waxing Crescent

Monday 7 September 1970387,923 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 7, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 36.4% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.4%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
387,923 km241,044 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (28°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 7, 1970 is on Tuesday, September 15, 1970 at 11:09 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 31, 1970 at 22:01 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, August 31, 197022:01
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, September 8, 197019:38

The Moon around September 7

More about this date

Monday, September 7, 1970 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 31, 1970 to the new moon of September 30, 1970, a cycle of 29.69 days.