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The Moon on Wednesday, June 18, 1969: Waxing Crescent, 11% lit

Waxing · 11.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 05°

Moon age

3.5days

Moon phase on June 18, 1969Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 18 June 1969405,058 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 18, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 11.0% of its visible face lit, 3.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.0%Illumination at noon UTC
3.5 dMoon age
405,058 km251,692 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (6°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 18, 1969 is on Sunday, June 29, 1969 at 20:04 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 14, 1969 at 23:09 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 18

More about this date

Wednesday, June 18, 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.