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The Moon on Thursday, June 12, 1969: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 24°

Moon age

27.1days

Moon phase on June 12, 1969Waning Crescent

Thursday 12 June 1969400,853 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 12, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.7% of its visible face lit, 27.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.7%Illumination at noon UTC
27.1 dMoon age
400,853 km249,078 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 12, 1969 is on Saturday, May 31, 1969 at 13:18 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 14, 1969 at 23:09 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, June 7, 196903:39
New Moon (after)Saturday, June 14, 196923:09

The Moon around June 12

More about this date

Thursday, June 12, 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.