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The Moon on Saturday, July 19, 1969: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 21.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 21°

Moon age

4.9days

Moon phase on July 19, 1969Waxing Crescent

Saturday 19 July 1969395,359 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 19, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.0% of its visible face lit, 4.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.0%Illumination at noon UTC
4.9 dMoon age
395,359 km245,665 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (21°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 19, 1969 is on Tuesday, July 29, 1969 at 02:45 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 14, 1969 at 14:12 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 19

More about this date

Saturday, July 19, 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.