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The Moon on Tuesday, October 27, 1970: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 7.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 02°

Moon age

26.9days

Moon phase on October 27, 1970Waning Crescent

Tuesday 27 October 1970401,621 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 27, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.4% of its visible face lit, 26.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.4%Illumination at noon UTC
26.9 dMoon age
401,621 km249,556 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (2°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 1970 is on Wednesday, October 14, 1970 at 20:21 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 30, 1970 at 06:28 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Tuesday, October 27, 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.