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The Moon on Saturday, February 1, 1969: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 00°

Moon age

14.3days

Moon phase on February 1, 1969Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 1 February 1969400,780 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 1, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.8% of its visible face lit, 14.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.3 dMoon age
400,780 km249,033 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (1°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around February 1

More about this date

Saturday, February 1, 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.