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The Moon on Saturday, September 6, 1969: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 24.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 14°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on September 6, 1969Waning Crescent

Saturday 6 September 1969405,051 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 6, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.7% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
405,051 km251,687 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

The Moon around September 6

More about this date

Saturday, September 6, 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.