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The Moon on Saturday, April 5, 1969: Waning Gibbous, 91% lit

Waning · 90.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 21°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on April 5, 1969Waning Gibbous

Saturday 5 April 1969369,178 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 5, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.6% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
369,178 km229,397 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 5, 1969 is on Wednesday, April 2, 1969 at 18:45 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 16, 1969 at 18:16 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, April 2, 196918:45
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, April 9, 196913:58

The Moon around April 5

More about this date

Saturday, April 5, 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.