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The Moon on Saturday, October 4, 1969: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 40.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°

Moon age

22.7days

Moon phase on October 4, 1969Waning Crescent

Saturday 4 October 1969404,343 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 4, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 40.4% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

40.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
404,343 km251,247 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (22°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 4, 1969 is on Thursday, September 25, 1969 at 20:21 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 11, 1969 at 09:39 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, October 3, 196911:05
New Moon (after)Saturday, October 11, 196909:39

The Moon around October 4

More about this date

Saturday, October 4, 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.