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The Moon on Tuesday, July 15, 1969: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

Moon age

0.9days

Moon phase on July 15, 1969Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 15 July 1969405,540 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 15, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 0.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
0.9 dMoon age
405,540 km251,991 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (3°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 15, 1969 is on Tuesday, July 29, 1969 at 02:45 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 14, 1969 at 14:12 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, July 14, 196914:12
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, July 22, 196912:10

The Moon around July 15

More about this date

Tuesday, July 15, 1969 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 14, 1969 to the new moon of August 13, 1969, a cycle of 29.63 days.