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The Moon on Saturday, March 29, 1969: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 81.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 17°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on March 29, 1969Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 29 March 1969395,885 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 29, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.1% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
395,885 km245,992 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 29, 1969 is on Wednesday, April 2, 1969 at 18:45 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 18, 1969 at 04:51 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 29

More about this date

Saturday, March 29, 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.