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The Moon on Friday, June 27, 1969: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 91.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 02°

Moon age

12.5days

Moon phase on June 27, 1969Waxing Gibbous

Friday 27 June 1969362,709 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 27, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.7% of its visible face lit, 12.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.7%Illumination at noon UTC
12.5 dMoon age
362,709 km225,377 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (2°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 27, 1969 is on Sunday, June 29, 1969 at 20:04 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 14, 1969 at 23:09 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 27

More about this date

Friday, June 27, 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.