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The Moon on Tuesday, June 17, 1969: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 23°

Moon age

2.5days

Moon phase on June 17, 1969Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 17 June 1969406,175 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 17, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.9% of its visible face lit, 2.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.5 dMoon age
406,175 km252,385 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (24°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 17, 1969 is on Sunday, June 29, 1969 at 20:04 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 14, 1969 at 23:09 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, June 14, 196923:09
First Quarter (after)Monday, June 23, 196901:44

The Moon around June 17

More about this date

Tuesday, June 17, 1969 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 14, 1969 to the new moon of July 14, 1969, a cycle of 29.63 days.