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The Moon on Friday, September 19, 1969: First Quarter, 55% lit

Waxing · 54.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 01°

First Quarter at

02:25UTC

Moon phase on September 19, 1969First Quarter

Friday 19 September 1969370,263 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 19, 1969, the Moon was a First Quarter: 54.7% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

54.7%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
370,263 km230,071 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (2°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 19, 1969 is on Thursday, September 25, 1969 at 20:21 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 11, 1969 at 19:56 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, September 11, 196919:56
First Quarter (this day)Friday, September 19, 196902:25
Full Moon (after)Thursday, September 25, 196920:21

The Moon around September 19

More about this date

Friday, September 19, 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.