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The Moon on Tuesday, September 15, 1970: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 100.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 22°

Full Moon at

11:09UTC

Moon phase on September 15, 1970Full Moon

Tuesday 15 September 1970358,578 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 15, 1970, the Moon was a Full Moon: 100.0% of its visible face lit, 14.6 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

100.0%Illumination at noon UTC
14.6 dMoon age
358,578 km222,810 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (23°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Harvest Moon (also called the Corn Moon), 358,527 km from Earth. Supermoon

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, September 8, 197019:38
Full Moon (this day)Tuesday, September 15, 197011:09
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, September 22, 197009:42

The Moon around September 15

More about this date

Tuesday, September 15, 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.