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The Moon on Sunday, August 10, 1969: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 6.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 17°

Moon age

26.9days

Moon phase on August 10, 1969Waning Crescent

Sunday 10 August 1969405,925 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 10, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.8% of its visible face lit, 26.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.9 dMoon age
405,925 km252,230 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (18°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 10, 1969 is on Tuesday, July 29, 1969 at 02:45 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 13, 1969 at 05:17 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around August 10

More about this date

Sunday, August 10, 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.