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The Moon on Thursday, March 13, 1969: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 26.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 21°

Moon age

24.8days

Moon phase on March 13, 1969Waning Crescent

Thursday 13 March 1969369,454 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 13, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 26.1% of its visible face lit, 24.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

26.1%Illumination at noon UTC
24.8 dMoon age
369,454 km229,568 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (22°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 13, 1969 is on Tuesday, March 4, 1969 at 05:17 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 18, 1969 at 04:51 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around March 13

More about this date

Thursday, March 13, 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.