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The Moon on Monday, June 23, 1969: First Quarter, 55% lit

Waxing · 54.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 06°

First Quarter at

01:44UTC

Moon phase on June 23, 1969First Quarter

Monday 23 June 1969385,731 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 23, 1969, the Moon was a First Quarter: 54.6% of its visible face lit, 8.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

54.6%Illumination at noon UTC
8.5 dMoon age
385,731 km239,682 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (7°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, June 14, 196923:09
First Quarter (this day)Monday, June 23, 196901:44
Full Moon (after)Sunday, June 29, 196920:04

The Moon around June 23

More about this date

Monday, June 23, 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.