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The Moon on Monday, October 13, 1969: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 16°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on October 13, 1969Waxing Crescent

Monday 13 October 1969376,032 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 13, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.4% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.4%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
376,032 km233,656 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (16°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 13, 1969 is on Saturday, October 25, 1969 at 08:44 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 11, 1969 at 09:39 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, October 11, 196909:39
First Quarter (after)Saturday, October 18, 196908:32

The Moon around October 13

More about this date

Monday, October 13, 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.