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The Moon on Sunday, May 11, 1969: Waning Crescent, 23% lit

Waning · 22.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 23°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on May 11, 1969Waning Crescent

Sunday 11 May 1969383,712 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 11, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 22.6% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
383,712 km238,428 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (24°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 11, 1969 is on Friday, May 2, 1969 at 05:13 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 16, 1969 at 08:26 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 8, 196920:12
New Moon (after)Friday, May 16, 196908:26

The Moon around May 11

More about this date

Sunday, May 11, 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.