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The Moon on Friday, June 20, 1969: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 25.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 29°

Moon age

5.5days

Moon phase on June 20, 1969Waxing Crescent

Friday 20 June 1969400,074 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 20, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.6% of its visible face lit, 5.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.6%Illumination at noon UTC
5.5 dMoon age
400,074 km248,594 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (30°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 20, 1969 is on Sunday, June 29, 1969 at 20:04 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 14, 1969 at 23:09 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 20

More about this date

Friday, June 20, 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.