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The Moon on Thursday, August 28, 1969: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 19°

Moon age

15.3days

Moon phase on August 28, 1969Waning Gibbous

Thursday 28 August 1969367,834 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 28, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.4% of its visible face lit, 15.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.4%Illumination at noon UTC
15.3 dMoon age
367,834 km228,562 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (19°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 1969 is on Wednesday, August 27, 1969 at 10:32 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 11, 1969 at 19:56 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, August 27, 196910:32
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, September 3, 196916:58

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Thursday, August 28, 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.