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The Moon on Friday, June 6, 1969: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 57.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 07°

Moon age

21.1days

Moon phase on June 6, 1969Waning Gibbous

Friday 6 June 1969375,248 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 6, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 57.3% of its visible face lit, 21.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

57.3%Illumination at noon UTC
21.1 dMoon age
375,248 km233,168 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (7°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 6, 1969 is on Saturday, May 31, 1969 at 13:18 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 14, 1969 at 23:09 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around June 6

More about this date

Friday, June 6, 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.