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The Moon on Thursday, March 6, 1969: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 94.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 13°

Moon age

17.8days

Moon phase on March 6, 1969Waning Gibbous

Thursday 6 March 1969379,771 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 6, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.2% of its visible face lit, 17.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.2%Illumination at noon UTC
17.8 dMoon age
379,771 km235,979 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (14°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 6, 1969 is on Tuesday, March 4, 1969 at 05:17 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 18, 1969 at 04:51 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, March 4, 196905:17
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, March 11, 196907:44

The Moon around March 6

More about this date

Thursday, March 6, 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.