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The Moon on Friday, January 24, 1969: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 41.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 24°

Moon age

6.3days

Moon phase on January 24, 1969Waxing Crescent

Friday 24 January 1969393,309 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 24, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 41.8% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

41.8%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
393,309 km244,391 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (25°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 24, 1969 is on Sunday, February 2, 1969 at 12:56 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 18, 1969 at 04:59 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 24

More about this date

Friday, January 24, 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.