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The Moon on Friday, September 5, 1969: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 33.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 02°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on September 5, 1969Waning Crescent

Friday 5 September 1969404,323 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 5, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.3% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
404,323 km251,235 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (3°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 5, 1969 is on Wednesday, August 27, 1969 at 10:32 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 11, 1969 at 19:56 UTC, 6 days later.

The Moon around September 5

More about this date

Friday, September 5, 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.