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The Moon on Monday, February 17, 1969: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 09°

Moon age

0.8days

Moon phase on February 17, 1969Waxing Crescent

Monday 17 February 1969371,818 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 17, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 0.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
0.8 dMoon age
371,818 km231,037 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (9°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 17, 1969 is on Tuesday, March 4, 1969 at 05:17 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 16, 1969 at 16:25 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, February 16, 196916:25
First Quarter (after)Monday, February 24, 196904:30

The Moon around February 17

More about this date

Monday, February 17, 1969 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 16, 1969 to the new moon of March 18, 1969, a cycle of 29.52 days.