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The Moon on Thursday, December 3, 1970: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 24.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 10°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on December 3, 1970Waxing Crescent

Thursday 3 December 1970371,005 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 3, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 24.5% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

24.5%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
371,005 km230,532 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (10°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 3, 1970 is on Saturday, December 12, 1970 at 21:03 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 28, 1970 at 21:14 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, November 28, 197021:14
First Quarter (after)Saturday, December 5, 197020:36

The Moon around December 3

More about this date

Thursday, December 3, 1970 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 28, 1970 to the new moon of December 28, 1970, a cycle of 29.56 days.