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The Moon on Sunday, January 19, 1969: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 17°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on January 19, 1969Waxing Crescent

Sunday 19 January 1969364,768 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 19, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.5% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.5%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
364,768 km226,656 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 19, 1969 is on Sunday, February 2, 1969 at 12:56 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 18, 1969 at 04:59 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, January 18, 196904:59
First Quarter (after)Saturday, January 25, 196908:23

The Moon around January 19

More about this date

Sunday, January 19, 1969 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 18, 1969 to the new moon of February 16, 1969, a cycle of 29.48 days.