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The Moon on Tuesday, August 19, 1969: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 35.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 09°

Moon age

6.3days

Moon phase on August 19, 1969Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 19 August 1969380,737 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 19, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.6% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
380,737 km236,579 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (9°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 19, 1969 is on Wednesday, August 27, 1969 at 10:32 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 13, 1969 at 05:17 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 19

More about this date

Tuesday, August 19, 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.