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The Moon on Thursday, January 9, 1969: Waning Gibbous, 71% lit

Waning · 71.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 23°

Moon age

20.7days

Moon phase on January 9, 1969Waning Gibbous

Thursday 9 January 1969388,024 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 9, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.4% of its visible face lit, 20.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.4%Illumination at noon UTC
20.7 dMoon age
388,024 km241,107 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (24°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 9, 1969 is on Friday, January 3, 1969 at 18:28 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 18, 1969 at 04:59 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, January 3, 196918:28
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, January 11, 196914:00

The Moon around January 9

More about this date

Thursday, January 9, 1969 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 19, 1968 to the new moon of January 18, 1969, a cycle of 29.44 days.