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The Moon on Wednesday, January 15, 1969: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 10.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 17°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on January 15, 1969Waning Crescent

Wednesday 15 January 1969361,186 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 15, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.9% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
361,186 km224,430 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (17°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 1969 is on Friday, January 3, 1969 at 18:28 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 18, 1969 at 04:59 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, January 11, 196914:00
New Moon (after)Saturday, January 18, 196904:59

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Wednesday, January 15, 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.