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The Moon on Thursday, August 14, 1969: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 05°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on August 14, 1969Waxing Crescent

Thursday 14 August 1969399,013 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 14, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
399,013 km247,935 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (6°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 14, 1969 is on Wednesday, August 27, 1969 at 10:32 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 13, 1969 at 05:17 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, August 13, 196905:17
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 20, 196920:03

The Moon around August 14

More about this date

Thursday, August 14, 1969 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 13, 1969 to the new moon of September 11, 1969, a cycle of 29.61 days.