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The Moon on Monday, May 12, 1969: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 14.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 06°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on May 12, 1969Waning Crescent

Monday 12 May 1969387,475 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 12, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.5% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.5%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
387,475 km240,766 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (7°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 1969 is on Friday, May 2, 1969 at 05:13 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 16, 1969 at 08:26 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Monday, May 12, 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.