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The Moon on Tuesday, April 15, 1969: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 10°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on April 15, 1969Waning Crescent

Tuesday 15 April 1969386,051 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 15, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.7% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
386,051 km239,881 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (10°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 15, 1969 is on Wednesday, April 2, 1969 at 18:45 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 16, 1969 at 18:16 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around April 15

More about this date

Tuesday, April 15, 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.