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The Moon on Tuesday, September 29, 1970: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 23°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on September 29, 1970Waning Crescent

Tuesday 29 September 1970403,985 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 29, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.2% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.2%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
403,985 km251,025 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (24°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 29, 1970 is on Tuesday, September 15, 1970 at 11:09 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 30, 1970 at 14:32 UTC, 1 day later.

The Moon around September 29

More about this date

Tuesday, September 29, 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.