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The Moon on Sunday, October 19, 1969: Waxing Gibbous, 63% lit

Waxing · 63.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 10°

Moon age

8.1days

Moon phase on October 19, 1969Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 19 October 1969370,456 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 19, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 63.1% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

63.1%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
370,456 km230,191 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (11°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 19, 1969 is on Saturday, October 25, 1969 at 08:44 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 11, 1969 at 09:39 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, October 18, 196908:32
Full Moon (after)Saturday, October 25, 196908:44

The Moon around October 19

More about this date

Sunday, October 19, 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.