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The Moon on Friday, July 18, 1969: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 13.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 08°

Moon age

3.9days

Moon phase on July 18, 1969Waxing Crescent

Friday 18 July 1969398,948 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 18, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.5% of its visible face lit, 3.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.5%Illumination at noon UTC
3.9 dMoon age
398,948 km247,895 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (9°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 1969 is on Tuesday, July 29, 1969 at 02:45 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 14, 1969 at 14:12 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Friday, July 18, 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.