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The Moon on Sunday, October 11, 1970: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 84.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 01°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on October 11, 1970Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 11 October 1970363,371 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 11, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.6% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.6%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
363,371 km225,788 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (2°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around October 11

More about this date

Sunday, October 11, 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.