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The Moon on Tuesday, March 25, 1969: Waxing Crescent, 45% lit

Waxing · 45.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 28°

Moon age

7.3days

Moon phase on March 25, 1969Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 25 March 1969404,283 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 25, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 45.1% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

45.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
404,283 km251,210 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (29°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 25, 1969 is on Wednesday, April 2, 1969 at 18:45 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 18, 1969 at 04:51 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 25

More about this date

Tuesday, March 25, 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.