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The Moon on Thursday, January 30, 1969: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 91.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 06°

Moon age

12.3days

Moon phase on January 30, 1969Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 30 January 1969404,696 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 30, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.4% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
404,696 km251,467 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (7°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 30, 1969 is on Sunday, February 2, 1969 at 12:56 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 18, 1969 at 04:59 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, January 25, 196908:23
Full Moon (after)Sunday, February 2, 196912:56

The Moon around January 30

More about this date

Thursday, January 30, 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.