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The Moon on Monday, December 7, 1970: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 68.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 06°

Moon age

8.6days

Moon phase on December 7, 1970Waxing Gibbous

Monday 7 December 1970371,421 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 7, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 68.4% of its visible face lit, 8.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.6 dMoon age
371,421 km230,790 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (6°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 7, 1970 is on Saturday, December 12, 1970 at 21:03 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 28, 1970 at 21:14 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, December 5, 197020:36
Full Moon (after)Saturday, December 12, 197021:03

The Moon around December 7

More about this date

Monday, December 7, 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.