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The Moon on Sunday, March 2, 1969: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 96.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 21°

Moon age

13.8days

Moon phase on March 2, 1969Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 2 March 1969394,255 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 2, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.9% of its visible face lit, 13.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.9%Illumination at noon UTC
13.8 dMoon age
394,255 km244,978 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (22°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, February 24, 196904:30
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, March 4, 196905:17

The Moon around March 2

More about this date

Sunday, March 2, 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.