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The Moon on Thursday, June 26, 1969: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 84.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 17°

Moon age

11.5days

Moon phase on June 26, 1969Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 26 June 1969367,678 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 26, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.2% of its visible face lit, 11.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.2%Illumination at noon UTC
11.5 dMoon age
367,678 km228,465 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (18°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 26, 1969 is on Sunday, June 29, 1969 at 20:04 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 14, 1969 at 23:09 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, June 23, 196901:44
Full Moon (after)Sunday, June 29, 196920:04

The Moon around June 26

More about this date

Thursday, June 26, 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.