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The Moon on Thursday, November 12, 1970: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 09°

Moon age

13.2days

Moon phase on November 12, 1970Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 12 November 1970370,838 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 12, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.0% of its visible face lit, 13.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.0%Illumination at noon UTC
13.2 dMoon age
370,838 km230,428 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (9°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, November 6, 197012:47
Full Moon (after)Friday, November 13, 197007:28

The Moon around November 12

More about this date

Thursday, November 12, 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.