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The Moon on Thursday, June 5, 1969: Waning Gibbous, 68% lit

Waning · 68.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 23°

Moon age

20.1days

Moon phase on June 5, 1969Waning Gibbous

Thursday 5 June 1969370,126 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 5, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 68.2% of its visible face lit, 20.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.2%Illumination at noon UTC
20.1 dMoon age
370,126 km229,986 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (23°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 5, 1969 is on Saturday, May 31, 1969 at 13:18 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 14, 1969 at 23:09 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 31, 196913:18
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, June 7, 196903:39

The Moon around June 5

More about this date

Thursday, June 5, 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.