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The Moon on Tuesday, October 20, 1970: Waning Gibbous, 66% lit

Waning · 65.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 08°

Moon age

19.9days

Moon phase on October 20, 1970Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 20 October 1970393,200 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 20, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 65.7% of its visible face lit, 19.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

65.7%Illumination at noon UTC
19.9 dMoon age
393,200 km244,323 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (8°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 20, 1970 is on Wednesday, October 14, 1970 at 20:21 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 30, 1970 at 06:28 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around October 20

More about this date

Tuesday, October 20, 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.