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The Moon on Friday, April 11, 1969: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 29.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 16°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on April 11, 1969Waning Crescent

Friday 11 April 1969374,255 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 11, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 29.0% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

29.0%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
374,255 km232,551 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (16°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 11, 1969 is on Wednesday, April 2, 1969 at 18:45 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 16, 1969 at 18:16 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, April 9, 196913:58
New Moon (after)Wednesday, April 16, 196918:16

The Moon around April 11

More about this date

Friday, April 11, 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.