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The Moon on Wednesday, October 1, 1969: Waning Gibbous, 69% lit

Waning · 68.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 16°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on October 1, 1969Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 1 October 1969399,077 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 1, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 68.5% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.5%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
399,077 km247,975 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (16°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 1, 1969 is on Thursday, September 25, 1969 at 20:21 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 11, 1969 at 09:39 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, September 25, 196920:21
Last Quarter (after)Friday, October 3, 196911:05

The Moon around October 1

More about this date

Wednesday, October 1, 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.