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The Moon on Tuesday, October 14, 1969: Waxing Crescent, 11% lit

Waxing · 11.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 00°

Moon age

3.1days

Moon phase on October 14, 1969Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 14 October 1969373,626 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 14, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 11.5% of its visible face lit, 3.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.5%Illumination at noon UTC
3.1 dMoon age
373,626 km232,160 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (0°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 14, 1969 is on Saturday, October 25, 1969 at 08:44 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 11, 1969 at 09:39 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 14

More about this date

Tuesday, October 14, 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.