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The Moon on Thursday, January 23, 1969: Waxing Crescent, 32% lit

Waxing · 32.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 12°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on January 23, 1969Waxing Crescent

Thursday 23 January 1969387,725 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 23, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 32.0% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.0%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
387,725 km240,921 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (12°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 1969 is on Sunday, February 2, 1969 at 12:56 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 18, 1969 at 04:59 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Thursday, January 23, 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.