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The Moon on Friday, September 11, 1970: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 78.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 23°

Moon age

10.6days

Moon phase on September 11, 1970Waxing Gibbous

Friday 11 September 1970366,582 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 11, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.5% of its visible face lit, 10.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.6 dMoon age
366,582 km227,784 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 11, 1970 is on Tuesday, September 15, 1970 at 11:09 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 31, 1970 at 22:01 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 11

More about this date

Friday, September 11, 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.