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The Moon on Saturday, February 8, 1969: Waning Gibbous, 67% lit

Waning · 66.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 00°

Moon age

21.3days

Moon phase on February 8, 1969Waning Gibbous

Saturday 8 February 1969377,998 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 8, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 66.5% of its visible face lit, 21.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

66.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.3 dMoon age
377,998 km234,877 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (0°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 8, 1969 is on Sunday, February 2, 1969 at 12:56 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 16, 1969 at 16:25 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, February 2, 196912:56
Last Quarter (after)Monday, February 10, 196900:08

The Moon around February 8

More about this date

Saturday, February 8, 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.