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The Moon on Monday, October 19, 1970: Waning Gibbous, 75% lit

Waning · 75.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 25°

Moon age

18.9days

Moon phase on October 19, 1970Waning Gibbous

Monday 19 October 1970387,812 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 19, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 75.0% of its visible face lit, 18.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

75.0%Illumination at noon UTC
18.9 dMoon age
387,812 km240,975 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (26°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 19, 1970 is on Wednesday, October 14, 1970 at 20:21 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 30, 1970 at 06:28 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around October 19

More about this date

Monday, October 19, 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.