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The Moon on Saturday, December 26, 1970: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 4.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 09°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on December 26, 1970Waning Crescent

Saturday 26 December 1970379,826 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 26, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.9% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
379,826 km236,013 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (9°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 1970 is on Saturday, December 12, 1970 at 21:03 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 28, 1970 at 10:43 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Saturday, December 26, 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.