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The Moon on Saturday, June 21, 1969: Waxing Crescent, 35% lit

Waxing · 34.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 11°

Moon age

6.5days

Moon phase on June 21, 1969Waxing Crescent

Saturday 21 June 1969396,140 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 21, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 34.5% of its visible face lit, 6.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

34.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.5 dMoon age
396,140 km246,150 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (12°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 21, 1969 is on Sunday, June 29, 1969 at 20:04 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 14, 1969 at 23:09 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 21

More about this date

Saturday, June 21, 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.