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The Moon on Monday, September 15, 1969: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 14.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 06°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on September 15, 1969Waxing Crescent

Monday 15 September 1969381,499 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 15, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.1% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.1%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
381,499 km237,052 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (6°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 15, 1969 is on Thursday, September 25, 1969 at 20:21 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 11, 1969 at 19:56 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 15

More about this date

Monday, September 15, 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.