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The Moon on Sunday, December 27, 1970: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 22°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on December 27, 1970Waning Crescent

Sunday 27 December 1970375,002 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 27, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.3% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.3%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
375,002 km233,015 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (23°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 1970 is on Saturday, December 12, 1970 at 21:03 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 28, 1970 at 10:43 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Sunday, December 27, 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.