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The Moon on Sunday, April 13, 1969: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 11.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 13°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on April 13, 1969Waning Crescent

Sunday 13 April 1969379,550 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 13, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.6% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
379,550 km235,841 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (14°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 13, 1969 is on Wednesday, April 2, 1969 at 18:45 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 16, 1969 at 18:16 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around April 13

More about this date

Sunday, April 13, 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.