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The Moon on Saturday, April 19, 1969: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 7.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on April 19, 1969Waxing Crescent

Saturday 19 April 1969399,899 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 19, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.5% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
399,899 km248,486 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (1°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 19, 1969 is on Friday, May 2, 1969 at 05:13 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 16, 1969 at 18:16 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, April 16, 196918:16
First Quarter (after)Thursday, April 24, 196919:45

The Moon around April 19

More about this date

Saturday, April 19, 1969 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 16, 1969 to the new moon of May 16, 1969, a cycle of 29.59 days.