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The Moon on Saturday, May 17, 1969: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 09°

Moon age

1.1days

Moon phase on May 17, 1969Waxing Crescent

Saturday 17 May 1969402,630 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 17, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.4% of its visible face lit, 1.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.4%Illumination at noon UTC
1.1 dMoon age
402,630 km250,183 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (9°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 1969 is on Saturday, May 31, 1969 at 13:18 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 16, 1969 at 08:26 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 16, 196908:26
First Quarter (after)Saturday, May 24, 196912:15

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Saturday, May 17, 1969 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 16, 1969 to the new moon of June 14, 1969, a cycle of 29.61 days.