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The Moon on Tuesday, September 2, 1969: Waning Gibbous, 62% lit

Waning · 61.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 26°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on September 2, 1969Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 2 September 1969394,952 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 2, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 61.9% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

61.9%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
394,952 km245,412 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (26°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 2, 1969 is on Wednesday, August 27, 1969 at 10:32 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 11, 1969 at 19:56 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around September 2

More about this date

Tuesday, September 2, 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.