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The Moon on Wednesday, September 30, 1970: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 05°

New Moon at

14:32UTC

Moon phase on September 30, 1970New Moon

Wednesday 30 September 1970402,101 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 30, 1970, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.1% of its visible face lit, 29.6 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.1%Illumination at noon UTC
29.6 dMoon age
402,101 km249,854 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (6°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 30, 1970 is on Wednesday, October 14, 1970 at 20:21 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 30, 1970 at 14:32 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, September 22, 197009:42
New Moon (this day)Wednesday, September 30, 197014:32
First Quarter (after)Thursday, October 8, 197004:43

The Moon around September 30

More about this date

Wednesday, September 30, 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.