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The Moon on Sunday, October 25, 1970: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 20.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 08°

Moon age

24.9days

Moon phase on October 25, 1970Waning Crescent

Sunday 25 October 1970404,758 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 25, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.2% of its visible face lit, 24.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.9 dMoon age
404,758 km251,505 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (8°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 25, 1970 is on Wednesday, October 14, 1970 at 20:21 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 30, 1970 at 06:28 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, October 22, 197002:48
New Moon (after)Friday, October 30, 197006:28

The Moon around October 25

More about this date

Sunday, October 25, 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.