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The Moon on Saturday, October 3, 1970: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 12°

Moon age

2.9days

Moon phase on October 3, 1970Waxing Crescent

Saturday 3 October 1970393,799 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 3, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.2% of its visible face lit, 2.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.9 dMoon age
393,799 km244,695 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (13°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 3, 1970 is on Wednesday, October 14, 1970 at 20:21 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 30, 1970 at 14:32 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, September 30, 197014:32
First Quarter (after)Thursday, October 8, 197004:43

The Moon around October 3

More about this date

Saturday, October 3, 1970 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 30, 1970 to the new moon of October 30, 1970, a cycle of 29.66 days.