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The Moon on Thursday, October 29, 1970: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 26°

Moon age

28.9days

Moon phase on October 29, 1970Waning Crescent

Thursday 29 October 1970395,850 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 29, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 28.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.9 dMoon age
395,850 km245,970 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (27°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 29, 1970 is on Wednesday, October 14, 1970 at 20:21 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 30, 1970 at 06:28 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around October 29

More about this date

Thursday, October 29, 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.