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The Moon on Tuesday, October 21, 1969: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 83.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 09°

Moon age

10.1days

Moon phase on October 21, 1969Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 21 October 1969372,788 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 21, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.0% of its visible face lit, 10.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.0%Illumination at noon UTC
10.1 dMoon age
372,788 km231,640 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (9°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 21, 1969 is on Saturday, October 25, 1969 at 08:44 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 11, 1969 at 09:39 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 21

More about this date

Tuesday, October 21, 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.