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The Moon on Saturday, March 8, 1969: Waning Gibbous, 80% lit

Waning · 80.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 10°

Moon age

19.8days

Moon phase on March 8, 1969Waning Gibbous

Saturday 8 March 1969374,594 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 8, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 80.0% of its visible face lit, 19.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

80.0%Illumination at noon UTC
19.8 dMoon age
374,594 km232,762 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (11°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 8, 1969 is on Tuesday, March 4, 1969 at 05:17 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 18, 1969 at 04:51 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around March 8

More about this date

Saturday, March 8, 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.