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The Moon on Friday, March 28, 1969: Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit

Waxing · 72.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 04°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on March 28, 1969Waxing Gibbous

Friday 28 March 1969399,625 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 28, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 72.8% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
399,625 km248,316 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (5°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 28, 1969 is on Wednesday, April 2, 1969 at 18:45 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 18, 1969 at 04:51 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, March 26, 196900:48
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, April 2, 196918:45

The Moon around March 28

More about this date

Friday, March 28, 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.