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The Moon on Friday, December 18, 1970: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 71.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 00°

Moon age

19.6days

Moon phase on December 18, 1970Waning Gibbous

Friday 18 December 1970403,591 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 18, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.8% of its visible face lit, 19.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.8%Illumination at noon UTC
19.6 dMoon age
403,591 km250,780 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (0°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 1970 is on Saturday, December 12, 1970 at 21:03 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 28, 1970 at 10:43 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Friday, December 18, 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.