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The Moon on Saturday, September 13, 1969: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 10°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on September 13, 1969Waxing Crescent

Saturday 13 September 1969388,166 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 13, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.9% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
388,166 km241,195 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (10°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 13, 1969 is on Thursday, September 25, 1969 at 20:21 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 11, 1969 at 19:56 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 13

More about this date

Saturday, September 13, 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.