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The Moon on Sunday, November 22, 1970: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 35.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 16°

Moon age

23.2days

Moon phase on November 22, 1970Waning Crescent

Sunday 22 November 1970403,926 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 22, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.9% of its visible face lit, 23.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.2 dMoon age
403,926 km250,988 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (16°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 22, 1970 is on Friday, November 13, 1970 at 07:28 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 28, 1970 at 21:14 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, November 20, 197023:13
New Moon (after)Saturday, November 28, 197021:14

The Moon around November 22

More about this date

Sunday, November 22, 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.