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The Moon on Sunday, September 20, 1970: Waning Gibbous, 69% lit

Waning · 69.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 04°

Moon age

19.6days

Moon phase on September 20, 1970Waning Gibbous

Sunday 20 September 1970382,579 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 20, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 69.3% of its visible face lit, 19.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

69.3%Illumination at noon UTC
19.6 dMoon age
382,579 km237,724 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (4°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 20, 1970 is on Tuesday, September 15, 1970 at 11:09 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 30, 1970 at 14:32 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around September 20

More about this date

Sunday, September 20, 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.