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The Moon on Wednesday, July 9, 1969: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 22.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 21°

Moon age

24.5days

Moon phase on July 9, 1969Waning Crescent

Wednesday 9 July 1969399,576 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 9, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 22.2% of its visible face lit, 24.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.5 dMoon age
399,576 km248,285 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (21°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 9, 1969 is on Sunday, June 29, 1969 at 20:04 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 14, 1969 at 14:12 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, July 6, 196913:17
New Moon (after)Monday, July 14, 196914:12

The Moon around July 9

More about this date

Wednesday, July 9, 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.