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The Moon on Wednesday, May 14, 1969: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 02°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on May 14, 1969Waning Crescent

Wednesday 14 May 1969394,417 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 14, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.4% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
394,417 km245,079 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (2°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 1969 is on Friday, May 2, 1969 at 05:13 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 16, 1969 at 08:26 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Wednesday, May 14, 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.