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The Moon on Tuesday, February 18, 1969: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 23°

Moon age

1.8days

Moon phase on February 18, 1969Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 18 February 1969376,568 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 18, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.2% of its visible face lit, 1.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.2%Illumination at noon UTC
1.8 dMoon age
376,568 km233,988 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (23°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 18, 1969 is on Tuesday, March 4, 1969 at 05:17 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 16, 1969 at 16:25 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 18

More about this date

Tuesday, February 18, 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.