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The Moon on Friday, September 12, 1969: Waxing Crescent, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 27°

Moon age

0.7days

Moon phase on September 12, 1969Waxing Crescent

Friday 12 September 1969391,606 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 12, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.5% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.5%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
391,606 km243,333 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (27°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 12, 1969 is on Thursday, September 25, 1969 at 20:21 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 11, 1969 at 19:56 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, September 11, 196919:56
First Quarter (after)Friday, September 19, 196902:25

The Moon around September 12

More about this date

Friday, September 12, 1969 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 11, 1969 to the new moon of October 11, 1969, a cycle of 29.57 days.