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The Moon on Tuesday, May 20, 1969: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 15.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 15°

Moon age

4.1days

Moon phase on May 20, 1969Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 20 May 1969405,696 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 20, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.3% of its visible face lit, 4.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.1 dMoon age
405,696 km252,088 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (15°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 1969 is on Saturday, May 31, 1969 at 13:18 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 16, 1969 at 08:26 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Tuesday, May 20, 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.