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The Moon on Sunday, November 1, 1970: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 05°

Moon age

2.2days

Moon phase on November 1, 1970Waxing Crescent

Sunday 1 November 1970385,756 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 1, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.5% of its visible face lit, 2.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.2 dMoon age
385,756 km239,697 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (5°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 1, 1970 is on Friday, November 13, 1970 at 07:28 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 30, 1970 at 06:28 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 1

More about this date

Sunday, November 1, 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.