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The Moon on Monday, October 20, 1969: Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit

Waxing · 73.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 25°

Moon age

9.1days

Moon phase on October 20, 1969Waxing Gibbous

Monday 20 October 1969371,349 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 20, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 73.7% of its visible face lit, 9.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.7%Illumination at noon UTC
9.1 dMoon age
371,349 km230,745 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (25°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 20, 1969 is on Saturday, October 25, 1969 at 08:44 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 11, 1969 at 09:39 UTC, 9 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 20

More about this date

Monday, October 20, 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.