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The Moon on Friday, October 10, 1969: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 06°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on October 10, 1969Waning Crescent

Friday 10 October 1969386,746 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 10, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
386,746 km240,313 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (6°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 10, 1969 is on Thursday, September 25, 1969 at 20:21 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 11, 1969 at 09:39 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around October 10

More about this date

Friday, October 10, 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.