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The Moon on Saturday, October 31, 1970: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 22°

Moon age

1.2days

Moon phase on October 31, 1970Waxing Crescent

Saturday 31 October 1970389,108 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 31, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 1.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.2 dMoon age
389,108 km241,780 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (22°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 31, 1970 is on Friday, November 13, 1970 at 07:28 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 30, 1970 at 06:28 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, October 30, 197006:28
First Quarter (after)Friday, November 6, 197012:47

The Moon around October 31

More about this date

Saturday, October 31, 1970 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 30, 1970 to the new moon of November 28, 1970, a cycle of 29.62 days.