New moon dates 1970
- 1970: 13 × new moon — 7 January 1970, 6 February 1970, 7 March 1970, 6 April 1970, 5 May 1970, 4 June 1970, 3 July 1970, 2 August 1970, 1 September 1970, 30 September 1970, 30 October 1970, 29 November 1970, 28 December 1970.
New moon dates 1970
| Date | Time (UTC) | |
|---|---|---|
| Wed 7 Jan | 20:34 | passed |
| Fri 6 Feb | 07:12 | passed |
| Sat 7 Mar | 17:41 | passed |
| Mon 6 Apr | 04:08 | passed |
| Tue 5 May | 14:50 | passed |
| Thu 4 Jun | 02:20 | passed |
| Fri 3 Jul | 15:17 | passed |
| Sun 2 Aug | 05:57 | passed |
| Tue 1 Sep | 22:00 | passed |
| Wed 30 Sep | 14:31 | passed |
| Fri 30 Oct | 06:27 | passed |
| Sun 29 Nov | 21:13 | passed |
| Mon 28 Dec | 10:42 | passed |
Questions people ask
What is a moon day?
A moon day counts the days since the last new moon: the first moon day starts at the new moon, the fifteenth around the full moon. The count on this page is the whole number of days since the last new moon plus one.
Is the moon waxing or waning?
Waxing means the lit part is growing (from new moon to full moon); waning means it is shrinking (from full moon to new moon). In the northern hemisphere a waxing moon is lit on the right.
How are the phase times calculated?
With the algorithms published by Jean Meeus in Astronomical Algorithms (1998), including the periodic terms, which give the phase instants to about one minute.