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The Moon on Friday, August 15, 1969: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 18°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on August 15, 1969Waxing Crescent

Friday 15 August 1969396,044 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 15, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.0% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.0%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
396,044 km246,090 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (18°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 1969 is on Wednesday, August 27, 1969 at 10:32 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 13, 1969 at 05:17 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Friday, August 15, 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.