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The Moon on Friday, October 31, 1969: Waning Gibbous, 67% lit

Waning · 66.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 18°

Moon age

20.1days

Moon phase on October 31, 1969Waning Gibbous

Friday 31 October 1969404,085 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 31, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 66.8% of its visible face lit, 20.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

66.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.1 dMoon age
404,085 km251,087 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (18°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 31, 1969 is on Saturday, October 25, 1969 at 08:44 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 9, 1969 at 22:11 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around October 31

More about this date

Friday, October 31, 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.