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The Moon on Saturday, June 28, 1969: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 17°

Moon age

13.5days

Moon phase on June 28, 1969Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 28 June 1969359,082 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 28, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.1% of its visible face lit, 13.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.1%Illumination at noon UTC
13.5 dMoon age
359,082 km223,123 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (17°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 28, 1969 is on Sunday, June 29, 1969 at 20:04 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 14, 1969 at 23:09 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 28

More about this date

Saturday, June 28, 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.