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The Moon on Friday, April 25, 1969: Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit

Waxing · 56.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 12°

Moon age

8.7days

Moon phase on April 25, 1969Waxing Gibbous

Friday 25 April 1969399,460 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 25, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 56.6% of its visible face lit, 8.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

56.6%Illumination at noon UTC
8.7 dMoon age
399,460 km248,213 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (13°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 25, 1969 is on Friday, May 2, 1969 at 05:13 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 16, 1969 at 18:16 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, April 24, 196919:45
Full Moon (after)Friday, May 2, 196905:13

The Moon around April 25

More about this date

Friday, April 25, 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.