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The Moon on Sunday, December 13, 1970: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 28°

Moon age

14.6days

Moon phase on December 13, 1970Waning Gibbous

Sunday 13 December 1970387,186 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 13, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 14.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
14.6 dMoon age
387,186 km240,586 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (29°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 13, 1970 is on Saturday, December 12, 1970 at 21:03 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 28, 1970 at 21:14 UTC, 15 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, December 12, 197021:03
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, December 20, 197021:09

The Moon around December 13

More about this date

Sunday, December 13, 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.