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The Moon on Sunday, September 21, 1969: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 76.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 00°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on September 21, 1969Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 21 September 1969367,025 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 21, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 76.5% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.5%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
367,025 km228,059 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (0°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

The Moon around September 21

More about this date

Sunday, September 21, 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.