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The Moon on Thursday, November 26, 1970: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 05°

Moon age

27.2days

Moon phase on November 26, 1970Waning Crescent

Thursday 26 November 1970392,225 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 26, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.3% of its visible face lit, 27.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.3%Illumination at noon UTC
27.2 dMoon age
392,225 km243,717 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (5°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 26, 1970 is on Friday, November 13, 1970 at 07:28 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 28, 1970 at 21:14 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around November 26

More about this date

Thursday, November 26, 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.