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The Moon on Friday, November 27, 1970: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 17°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on November 27, 1970Waning Crescent

Friday 27 November 1970387,966 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 27, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.4% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
387,966 km241,071 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (18°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 27, 1970 is on Friday, November 13, 1970 at 07:28 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 28, 1970 at 21:14 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around November 27

More about this date

Friday, November 27, 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.