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The Moon on Wednesday, March 19, 1969: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 14°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on March 19, 1969Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 19 March 1969384,897 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 19, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.0% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.0%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
384,897 km239,164 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (15°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 19, 1969 is on Wednesday, April 2, 1969 at 18:45 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 18, 1969 at 04:51 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, March 18, 196904:51
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, March 26, 196900:48

The Moon around March 19

More about this date

Wednesday, March 19, 1969 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 18, 1969 to the new moon of April 16, 1969, a cycle of 29.56 days.