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The Moon on Wednesday, October 15, 1969: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 19.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 14°

Moon age

4.1days

Moon phase on October 15, 1969Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 15 October 1969371,876 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 15, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.7% of its visible face lit, 4.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.1 dMoon age
371,876 km231,073 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (14°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 1969 is on Saturday, October 25, 1969 at 08:44 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 11, 1969 at 09:39 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Wednesday, October 15, 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.