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The Moon on Thursday, November 6, 1969: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 13.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 01°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on November 6, 1969Waning Crescent

Thursday 6 November 1969388,336 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 6, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.4% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.4%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
388,336 km241,301 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (1°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 6, 1969 is on Saturday, October 25, 1969 at 08:44 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 9, 1969 at 22:11 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, November 2, 196907:14
New Moon (after)Sunday, November 9, 196922:11

The Moon around November 6

More about this date

Thursday, November 6, 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.