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The Moon on Wednesday, August 6, 1969: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 36.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°

Moon age

22.9days

Moon phase on August 6, 1969Waning Crescent

Wednesday 6 August 1969399,724 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 6, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 36.2% of its visible face lit, 22.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

36.2%Illumination at noon UTC
22.9 dMoon age
399,724 km248,377 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (0°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 6, 1969 is on Tuesday, July 29, 1969 at 02:45 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 13, 1969 at 05:17 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 5, 196901:39
New Moon (after)Wednesday, August 13, 196905:17

The Moon around August 6

More about this date

Wednesday, August 6, 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.