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The Moon on Saturday, October 11, 1969: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 19°

New Moon at

09:39UTC

Moon phase on October 11, 1969New Moon

Saturday 11 October 1969382,715 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 11, 1969, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.1% of its visible face lit, 29.7 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.1%Illumination at noon UTC
29.7 dMoon age
382,715 km237,808 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (19°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 11, 1969 is on Saturday, October 25, 1969 at 08:44 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 11, 1969 at 09:39 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, October 3, 196911:05
New Moon (this day)Saturday, October 11, 196909:39
First Quarter (after)Saturday, October 18, 196908:32

The Moon around October 11

More about this date

Saturday, October 11, 1969 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 11, 1969 to the new moon of November 9, 1969, a cycle of 29.52 days.