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The Moon on Tuesday, October 13, 1970: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 01°

Moon age

12.9days

Moon phase on October 13, 1970Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 13 October 1970361,817 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 13, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 12.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.9 dMoon age
361,817 km224,823 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (1°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 13, 1970 is on Wednesday, October 14, 1970 at 20:21 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 30, 1970 at 14:32 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 13

More about this date

Tuesday, October 13, 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.