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The Moon on Friday, July 11, 1969: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 8.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 15°

Moon age

26.5days

Moon phase on July 11, 1969Waning Crescent

Friday 11 July 1969404,730 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 11, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.6% of its visible face lit, 26.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.5 dMoon age
404,730 km251,488 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (15°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 11, 1969 is on Sunday, June 29, 1969 at 20:04 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 14, 1969 at 14:12 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around July 11

More about this date

Friday, July 11, 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.