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The Moon on Thursday, May 29, 1969: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 93.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 09°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on May 29, 1969Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 29 May 1969367,144 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 29, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.9% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.9%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
367,144 km228,133 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (9°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 1969 is on Saturday, May 31, 1969 at 13:18 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 16, 1969 at 08:26 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 24, 196912:15
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 31, 196913:18

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Thursday, May 29, 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.