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The Moon on Sunday, October 26, 1969: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 16°

Moon age

15.1days

Moon phase on October 26, 1969Waning Gibbous

Sunday 26 October 1969388,590 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 26, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.4% of its visible face lit, 15.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.4%Illumination at noon UTC
15.1 dMoon age
388,590 km241,458 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (17°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 26, 1969 is on Saturday, October 25, 1969 at 08:44 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 9, 1969 at 22:11 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, October 25, 196908:44
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, November 2, 196907:14

The Moon around October 26

More about this date

Sunday, October 26, 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.