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The Moon on Tuesday, April 8, 1969: Waning Gibbous, 62% lit

Waning · 62.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 04°

Moon age

21.3days

Moon phase on April 8, 1969Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 8 April 1969369,016 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 8, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 62.5% of its visible face lit, 21.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

62.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.3 dMoon age
369,016 km229,296 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (4°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 8, 1969 is on Wednesday, April 2, 1969 at 18:45 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 16, 1969 at 18:16 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around April 8

More about this date

Tuesday, April 8, 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.