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The Moon on Friday, March 14, 1969: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 16.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Moon age

25.8days

Moon phase on March 14, 1969Waning Crescent

Friday 14 March 1969370,083 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 14, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.6% of its visible face lit, 25.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.8 dMoon age
370,083 km229,959 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (6°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 14, 1969 is on Tuesday, March 4, 1969 at 05:17 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 18, 1969 at 04:51 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around March 14

More about this date

Friday, March 14, 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.