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The Moon on Saturday, July 12, 1969: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 27°

Moon age

27.5days

Moon phase on July 12, 1969Waning Crescent

Saturday 12 July 1969406,036 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 12, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.1% of its visible face lit, 27.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.5 dMoon age
406,036 km252,299 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (27°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 12, 1969 is on Sunday, June 29, 1969 at 20:04 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 14, 1969 at 14:12 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around July 12

More about this date

Saturday, July 12, 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.