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The Moon on Saturday, August 23, 1969: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 78.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 05°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on August 23, 1969Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 23 August 1969364,746 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 23, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.9% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.9%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
364,746 km226,642 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (6°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 1969 is on Wednesday, August 27, 1969 at 10:32 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 13, 1969 at 05:17 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 20, 196920:03
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, August 27, 196910:32

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Saturday, August 23, 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.