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The Moon on Thursday, February 20, 1969: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 16.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 19°

Moon age

3.8days

Moon phase on February 20, 1969Waxing Crescent

Thursday 20 February 1969387,447 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 20, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.8% of its visible face lit, 3.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.8%Illumination at noon UTC
3.8 dMoon age
387,447 km240,748 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (20°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 20, 1969 is on Tuesday, March 4, 1969 at 05:17 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 16, 1969 at 16:25 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 20

More about this date

Thursday, February 20, 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.