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The Moon on Wednesday, March 12, 1969: Waning Crescent, 37% lit

Waning · 36.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 07°

Moon age

23.8days

Moon phase on March 12, 1969Waning Crescent

Wednesday 12 March 1969369,493 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 12, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 36.7% of its visible face lit, 23.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

36.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.8 dMoon age
369,493 km229,592 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (7°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 1969 is on Tuesday, March 4, 1969 at 05:17 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 18, 1969 at 04:51 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, March 11, 196907:44
New Moon (after)Tuesday, March 18, 196904:51

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Wednesday, March 12, 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.