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The Moon on Wednesday, September 9, 1970: Waxing Gibbous, 58% lit

Waxing · 57.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 24°

Moon age

8.6days

Moon phase on September 9, 1970Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 9 September 1970377,222 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 9, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 57.5% of its visible face lit, 8.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

57.5%Illumination at noon UTC
8.6 dMoon age
377,222 km234,395 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (25°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 9, 1970 is on Tuesday, September 15, 1970 at 11:09 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 31, 1970 at 22:01 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, September 8, 197019:38
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, September 15, 197011:09

The Moon around September 9

More about this date

Wednesday, September 9, 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.