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The Moon on Friday, October 9, 1970: Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit

Waxing · 64.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 02°

Moon age

8.9days

Moon phase on October 9, 1970Waxing Gibbous

Friday 9 October 1970369,674 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 9, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 64.6% of its visible face lit, 8.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

64.6%Illumination at noon UTC
8.9 dMoon age
369,674 km229,704 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (3°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 9, 1970 is on Wednesday, October 14, 1970 at 20:21 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 30, 1970 at 14:32 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, October 8, 197004:43
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, October 14, 197020:21

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Friday, October 9, 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.