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The Moon on Saturday, April 12, 1969: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 19.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 00°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on April 12, 1969Waning Crescent

Saturday 12 April 1969376,742 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 12, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.5% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.5%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
376,742 km234,097 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (0°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 1969 is on Wednesday, April 2, 1969 at 18:45 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 16, 1969 at 18:16 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Saturday, April 12, 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.