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The Moon on Monday, January 20, 1969: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 7.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 01°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on January 20, 1969Waxing Crescent

Monday 20 January 1969369,632 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 20, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.4% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.4%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
369,632 km229,679 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (2°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 1969 is on Sunday, February 2, 1969 at 12:56 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 18, 1969 at 04:59 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Monday, January 20, 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.