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The Moon on Wednesday, October 29, 1969: Waning Gibbous, 83% lit

Waning · 83.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 24°

Moon age

18.1days

Moon phase on October 29, 1969Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 29 October 1969400,011 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 29, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 83.1% of its visible face lit, 18.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

83.1%Illumination at noon UTC
18.1 dMoon age
400,011 km248,556 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 29, 1969 is on Saturday, October 25, 1969 at 08:44 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 9, 1969 at 22:11 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around October 29

More about this date

Wednesday, October 29, 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.