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The Moon on Friday, November 6, 1970: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 49.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 13°

First Quarter at

12:47UTC

Moon phase on November 6, 1970First Quarter

Friday 6 November 1970371,422 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 6, 1970, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.8% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
371,422 km230,791 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (13°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 6, 1970 is on Friday, November 13, 1970 at 07:28 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 30, 1970 at 06:28 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, October 30, 197006:28
First Quarter (this day)Friday, November 6, 197012:47
Full Moon (after)Friday, November 13, 197007:28

The Moon around November 6

More about this date

Friday, November 6, 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.