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The Moon on Saturday, March 15, 1969: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 9.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 20°

Moon age

26.8days

Moon phase on March 15, 1969Waning Crescent

Saturday 15 March 1969371,488 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 15, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.0% of its visible face lit, 26.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.0%Illumination at noon UTC
26.8 dMoon age
371,488 km230,832 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (20°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 1969 is on Tuesday, March 4, 1969 at 05:17 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 18, 1969 at 04:51 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Saturday, March 15, 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.