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The Moon on Thursday, October 9, 1969: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 23°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on October 9, 1969Waning Crescent

Thursday 9 October 1969390,947 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 9, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.9% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
390,947 km242,923 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (23°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 9, 1969 is on Thursday, September 25, 1969 at 20:21 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 11, 1969 at 09:39 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Thursday, October 9, 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.