Skip to content
The Moon on Sunday, June 22, 1969: Waxing Crescent, 44% lit

Waxing · 44.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 24°

Moon age

7.5days

Moon phase on June 22, 1969Waxing Crescent

Sunday 22 June 1969391,307 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 22, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 44.3% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

44.3%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
391,307 km243,147 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (24°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 22, 1969 is on Sunday, June 29, 1969 at 20:04 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 14, 1969 at 23:09 UTC, 8 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 22

More about this date

Sunday, June 22, 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.