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The Moon on Saturday, September 19, 1970: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 78.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 20°

Moon age

18.6days

Moon phase on September 19, 1970Waning Gibbous

Saturday 19 September 1970376,332 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 19, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.8% of its visible face lit, 18.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.8%Illumination at noon UTC
18.6 dMoon age
376,332 km233,842 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (21°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 19, 1970 is on Tuesday, September 15, 1970 at 11:09 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 30, 1970 at 14:32 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, September 15, 197011:09
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, September 22, 197009:42

The Moon around September 19

More about this date

Saturday, September 19, 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.