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The Moon on Wednesday, May 7, 1969: Waning Gibbous, 65% lit

Waning · 65.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

Moon age

20.7days

Moon phase on May 7, 1969Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 7 May 1969368,592 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 7, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 65.2% of its visible face lit, 20.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

65.2%Illumination at noon UTC
20.7 dMoon age
368,592 km229,032 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (29°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 7, 1969 is on Friday, May 2, 1969 at 05:13 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 16, 1969 at 08:26 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, May 2, 196905:13
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 8, 196920:12

The Moon around May 7

More about this date

Wednesday, May 7, 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.