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The Moon on Sunday, October 18, 1970: Waning Gibbous, 83% lit

Waning · 83.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 12°

Moon age

17.9days

Moon phase on October 18, 1970Waning Gibbous

Sunday 18 October 1970381,995 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 18, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 83.5% of its visible face lit, 17.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

83.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.9 dMoon age
381,995 km237,360 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (13°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 1970 is on Wednesday, October 14, 1970 at 20:21 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 30, 1970 at 06:28 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, October 14, 197020:21
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, October 22, 197002:48

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Sunday, October 18, 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.