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The Moon on Friday, December 25, 1970: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 10.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 25°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on December 25, 1970Waning Crescent

Friday 25 December 1970385,064 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 25, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.5% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.5%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
385,064 km239,268 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (26°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 25, 1970 is on Saturday, December 12, 1970 at 21:03 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 28, 1970 at 10:43 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, December 20, 197021:09
New Moon (after)Monday, December 28, 197010:43

The Moon around December 25

More about this date

Friday, December 25, 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.