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The Moon on Thursday, September 10, 1970: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 68.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 08°

Moon age

9.6days

Moon phase on September 10, 1970Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 10 September 1970371,705 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 10, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 68.3% of its visible face lit, 9.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.6 dMoon age
371,705 km230,967 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 10, 1970 is on Tuesday, September 15, 1970 at 11:09 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 31, 1970 at 22:01 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 10

More about this date

Thursday, September 10, 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.